GAULT CRAB |
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Genus HOMOLOPSIS Bell,
1863 |
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Homolopsis
brightoni Carter 1898 |
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A specimen from Folkestone of this
extremely rare crab |
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| Site: | Folkestone, KENT, UK |
| Family: | HOMOLIDAE Bell, 1863 |
| Genus: | HOMOLOPSIS Bell, 1863 |
| Species: | Homolopsis brightoni Carter1898 |
| Albian Stage: | Middle Albian |
| Horizon: | Possibly bed VIII or the bottom of bed IX collected by Thomas Miller from an upper Gault slip |
| Preservation: | Phosphatised |
| References: | Wright C. W. and Collins J.S.H. 1972. British Cretaceous Crabs, Palaeontographical Society London; page 45 |