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GAULT AMMONOIDEA
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Hoplites (Hoplites) spathi Briestroffer
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a phosphatised example from the Middle
Albian (dentatus Zone) of Folkestone, Kent
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| Catalogue No: | F/A/0252/JKC |
| Site: | Folkestone, Kent |
| Family: | HOPLITIDAE H Douvillé, 1890 |
| Subfamily: | HOPLITINAE H Douvillé, 1890 |
| Genus: | Hoplites NEUMAYR, 1875 |
| Subgenus: | Hoplites (Hoplites) |
| Species: | Hoplites (Hoplites) spathi Breistroffer |
| Measurement : | Diameter 65mm |
| Albian Stage: | Middle Albian |
| Bed & Position: | Bed I (v) - Hoplites dentatus Zone; H. spathi Subzone; main "dentatus" nodule bed |
| Preservation: | Phosphatised |
| References: |
a. Wright C. W. 1996. Treatise on Invertebrate Paleontology (Part L Mollusca 4 Revised) Volume 4: Cretaceous Ammonoidea b. Spath L. F. 1923. A Monograph of the Ammonoidea of the Gault; Part III. Palaeontographical Society London c. Owen H.G. 1971. Middle Albian Stratigraphy in the Anglo-Paris Basin; Bulletin of the BM(NH); Geology Supplement 8 |