GAULT AMMONOIDEA
Hamites (Hamites) maximus Sowerby 1814
two superb examples from the Middle Albian (Lower Gault Clay) of Folkestone, Kent, UK
Specimen 1
Catalogue No: F/A/0047/JKC
Site: Folkestone, KENT, UK
Superfamily: TURRILITACEAE Gill, 1871
Family: HAMITIDAE Gill, 1871
Species: Hamites (Hamites) maximus Sowerby, 1814
Measurement : Maximum dimension: 57mm
Albian Stage: Middle Albian
Bed & Position: Bed VII (Euhoplites lautus Zone; Eu. lautus/nitidus SubZone) - 500mm above the base of 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. 1941. A Monograph of the Ammonoidea of the Gault; Part XIV. Palaeontographical Society London

Specimen 2
Catalogue No: F/A/0066/JKC
Site: Folkestone, KENT, UK
Superfamily: TURRILITACEAE Gill, 1871
Family: HAMITIDAE Gill, 1871
Species: Hamites (Hamites) maximus Sowerby, 1814
Measurement : Maximum dimension: 83mm
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

 

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