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GAULT AMMONOIDEA
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Two species of the Genus EOSCAPHITES
from the Late Albian (Upper Gault Clay) of Folkestone, KENT, UK
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Specimen 1
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Eoscaphites subcircularis (Spath
1936)
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a superb example from Bed X
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| Catalogue No: | F/A/0129/JKC |
| Site: | FOLKESTONE, KENT, UK |
| Superfamily: | SCAPHITACEAE Gill, 1871 |
| Family: | SCAPHITIDAE Gill, 1871 |
| Subfamily: | SCAPHITINAE Gill, 1871 |
| Species: | Eoscaphites subcircularis (Spath 1936) |
| Measurement : | Height 15mm |
| Albian Stage: | Late Albian |
| Bed & Position: |
Bed X - Mortoniceras inflatum Zone; Hysteroceras varicosum Sub-Zone |
| Preservation: | Pyritised |
| References: |
a. Wright C. W. 1996. Treatise on Invertebrate Paleontology (Part L Mollusca 4 Revised) Volume 4: Cretaceous Ammonoidea b. Spath L.F. 1936. A Monograph of the Ammonoidea of the Gault; Part XII. Palaeontographical Society London |
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Specimen 2
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Eoscaphites circularis (J.
de C. Sowerby 1836) var. depressa (Spath 1936)
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a superb example from Bed X
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| Catalogue: | F/A/0070/JKC |
| Site: | FOLKESTONE, KENT, UK |
| Superfamily: | SCAPHITACEAE Gill, 1871 |
| Family: | SCAPHITIDAE Gill, 1871 |
| Subfamily: | SCAPHITINAE Gill, 1871 |
| Species: | Eoscaphites circularis (J. de C. Sowerby 1836) var depressa (Spath 1936) |
| Measurement : | Height 12mm |
| Albian Stage: | Late Albian |
| Bed & Position: |
Bed X - Mortoniceras inflatum Zone; Hysteroceras varicosum Sub-Zone |
| Preservation: | Pyritised |
| References: |
a. Wright C. W. 1996. Treatise on Invertebrate Paleontology (Part L Mollusca 4 Revised) Volume 4: Cretaceous Ammonoidea b. Spath L.F. 1936. A Monograph of the Ammonoidea of the Gault; Part XII. Palaeontographical Society London |