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GAULT AMMONOIDEA
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Euhoplites lautus (J.
Sowerby 1821)
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two fine examples from the Middle Albian
(Lower Gault Clay) of KENT, UK
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Specimen 1
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| Catalogue No: | PF/A/0164/JKC |
| Site: | St. Mary's Platt, Westerham, KENT, UK |
| Family: | HOPLITIDAE H Douvillé, 1890 |
| Subfamily: | HOPLITINAE H Douvillé, 1890 |
| Species: | Euhoplites lautus (J. Sowerby 1821) |
| Measurement : | Diameter 63mm |
| Albian Stage: | Middle Albian |
| Bed & Position: | From equivalent to Owen's Bed 5 (v) at Ford Place. Collected in-situ from the middle of the "mottled" bed. Eu. loricatus Zone; Eu. meandrinus Subzone |
| 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. 1926. A Monograph of the Ammonoidea of the Gault; Part VI. Palaeontographical Society London c. Owen H.G. 1971. Middle Albian Stratigraphy in the Anglo-Paris Basin, Bulletin of the BM (NH) Geology Supplement 8, London |
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Specimen 2
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| Catalogue No: | F/A/0191/JKC |
| Site: | Folkestone, KENT, UK |
| Family: | HOPLITIDAE H Douvillé, 1890 |
| Subfamily: | HOPLITINAE H Douvillé, 1890 |
| Species: | Euhoplites lautus (J. Sowerby 1821) |
| Measurement : | Diameter 47mm |
| Albian Stage: | Middle Albian |
| Bed & Position: | Bed VI (Euhoplites lautus Zone; lautus/nitidus SubZone); 80mm below the base of Bed VII |
| 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. 1926. A Monograph of the Ammonoidea of the Gault; Part VI. Palaeontographical Society London c. Owen H.G. 1971. Middle Albian Stratigraphy in the Anglo-Paris Basin, Bulletin of the BM (NH) Geology Supplement 8, London |