GAULT AMMONOIDEA
Tegoceras gladiator (Bayle 1876)
an example of this extremely rare ammonite from the uppermost Early Albian of Folkestone, Kent, UK
Catalogue No: F/A/0111/JKC
Site: Folkestone
Family: LYELLICERATIDAE Spath, 1921
Subfamily: LYELLICERATINAE Spath, 1921
Species: Tegoceras gladiator (Bayle 1876)
Measurement : Diameter 38mm
Albian Stage: Early Albian (uppermost Lower Greensand)
Bed & Position: Douvilleiceras mammillatum Zone: main mammillatum bed
Preservation: Phosphatised
Comments: unique specimen
References:

a. Wright C. W. 1996. Treatise on Invertebrate Paleontology (Part L Mollusca 4 Revised) Volume 4: Cretaceous Ammonoidea

b. Casey R. 1978. A Monograph of the Ammonoidea of the Lower Greensand; Part VIII. Palaeontographical Society London

 

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