GAULT AMMONOIDEA
Lyelliceras lyelli (d'Orbigny, 1841)
d'Orbigny's type from Terrains Crétacés, Plate 76, Cephalopodes, 1841
 
a body-chamber of this rare ammonite from the lowermost Middle Albian of Westerham, Kent, UK
Catalogue No: SQ/A/0278/JKC
Site: Squerryes Court, Westerham
Family: LYELLICERATIDAE Spath, 1921
Subfamily: LYELLICERATINAE Spath, 1921
Species: Lyelliceras lyelli (d'Orbigny, 1841)
Measurement : Length 40mm
Albian Stage: Middle Albian
Bed & Position: Hoplites dentatus Zone; Lyelliceras lyelli Subzone
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. 1929. A Monograph of the Ammonoidea of the Gault; Part VIII. Palaeontographical Society London

 

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