GAULT AMMONOIDEA
Epihoplites (Metaclavithes) trifidus (Spath, 1923)
a typical example from the Late Albian (Upper Gault Clay) of Folkestone, Kent, UK
Catalogue No: F/A/0124/JKC
Site: Folkestone
Family: HOPLITIDAE H Douvillé, 1890
Subfamily: HOPLITINAE H Douvillé, 1890
Species: Epihoplites (Metaclavithes) trifidus (Spath 1923)
Measurement : Diameter 40mm
Albian Stage: Late Albian
Bed & Position: Bed VIII - Mortoniceras inflatum Zone; Dipoloceras cristatum 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. 1924. A Monograph of the Ammonoidea of the Gault; Part IV. Palaeontographical Society London

 

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