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GAULT AMMONOIDEA
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Hamites rotundus Sowerby
1814
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a superb example from the Middle Albian
(Lower Gault Clay) of Folkestone, Kent, UK
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| Catalogue No: | F/A/0065/JKC |
| Site: | Folkestone, KENT, UK |
| Superfamily: | TURRILITACEAE Gill, 1871 |
| Family: | HAMITIDAE Gill, 1871 |
| Species: | Hamites rotundus Sowerby, 1814 |
| Measurement : | Maximum dimension: 70mm |
| Albian Stage: | Middle Albian |
| Bed & Position: | Bed VI (Euhoplites lautus Zone; Eu. lautus/nitidus 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. 1941. A Monograph of the Ammonoidea of the Gault; Part XIV. Palaeontographical Society London |