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GAULT AMMONOIDEA
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Protissotia itierianum (d'Orbigny
1841)
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two examples of this rare ammonite from the Late Albian of Folkestone, KENT |
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| Catalogue No: | PF/A/0256/JKC |
| Site: | Folkestone, KENT |
| Family: | LYELLICERATIDAE Spath, 1921 |
| Subfamily: | STOLICZKAIINAE Breistroffer, 1953 |
| Genus: | Protissotia COLLIGNON, 1932 |
| Species: | Protissotia itierianum (d'Orbigny 1841) |
| Measurement : | Diameter 21mm |
| Albian Stage: | Late Albian |
| Bed & Position: | Bed VIII D. cristatum Subzone - in-situ foreshore exposure - immediately above upper cristatum nodule bed. |
| 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. 1929. A Monograph of the Ammonoidea of the Gault; Part VIII. Palaeontographical Society London |
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| Catalogue No: | PF/A/0243/JKC |
| Site: | Folkestone, KENT |
| Family: | LYELLICERATIDAE Spath, 1921 |
| Subfamily: | STOLICZKAIINAE Breistroffer, 1953 |
| Genus: | Protissotia COLLIGNON, 1932 |
| Species: | Protissotia itierianum (d'Orbigny 1841) |
| Measurement : | Diameter 18mm |
| Albian Stage: | Late Albian |
| Bed & Position: | not recorded but likely Dipoloceras cristatum Subzone or Hysteroceras orbignyi 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. 1929. A Monograph of the Ammonoidea of the Gault; Part VIII. Palaeontographical Society London |
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| Collection | Thomas Miller |
| Site: | Folkestone, KENT |
| Family: | LYELLICERATIDAE Spath, 1921 |
| Subfamily: | STOLICZKAIINAE Breistroffer, 1953 |
| Genus: | Protissotia COLLIGNON, 1932 |
| Species: | Protissotia itierianum (d'Orbigny 1841) |
| Measurement : | Diameter 27mm |
| Albian Stage: | Late Albian |
| Bed & Position: | Bed VIII - Dipoloceras cristatum Subzone or Hysteroceras orbignyi Subzone |
| Preservation: | Pyritised with soft preservation |
| 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 |