GAULT AMMONOIDEA
Euhoplites truncatus, Spath 1925
two superb examples from the Middle Albian (Lower Gault Clay) of Folkestone, Kent, UK
Specimen 1
Catalogue No: F/A/0088/JKC
Site: Folkestone, KENT, UK
Family: HOPLITIDAE H Douvillé, 1890
Subfamily: HOPLITINAE H Douvillé, 1890
Species: Euhoplites truncatus, Spath 1925
Measurement : Diameter 39mm
Albian Stage: Middle Albian
Bed & Position: likely Bed VII (Euhoplites lautus Zone; lautus/nitidus SubZone)
Locality: Exposed clay on East Wear Bay foreshore
Preservation: Pyritised
Comments: Complete septate; superb specimen
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

Specimen 2
Collected by: Ian Clark of Canterbury
Site: Folkestone, KENT, UK
Family: HOPLITIDAE H Douvillé, 1890
Sub-family: HOPLITINAE H Douvillé, 1890
Species: Euhoplites truncatus, Spath 1925
Measurement : Diameter 39mm
Albian Stage: Middle Albian
Bed & Position: Lower Bed VII (Euhoplites lautus Zone; lautus/nitidus SubZone)
Locality: Copt Point
Preservation: Pyritised
Comments: Complete septate; superb specimen
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

 

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