GAULT CRAB |
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Genus HOMOLOPSIS Bell, 1863 |
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Homolopsis edwardsii (Bell, 1863) |
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Three specimens 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 edwardsii Bell, 1863 |
| Albian Stage: | Middle Albian |
| Horizon: | Beach Collected by Stephen Hartwell THURMAN-NEWELL (Mudbug) |
| Preservation: | Phosphatised |
| References: | Wright C. W. and Collins J.S.H. 1972. British Cretaceous Crabs, Palaeontographical Society London; page 63 |
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| Site: | Folkestone, KENT, UK |
| Family: | HOMOLIDAE Bell, 1863 |
| Genus: | HOMOLOPSIS Bell, 1863 |
| Species: | Homolopsis edwardsii Bell, 1863 |
| Albian Stage: | Middle Albian |
| Horizon: | Beach Collected |
| Preservation: | Phosphatised |
| References: | Wright C. W. and Collins J.S.H. 1972. British Cretaceous Crabs, Palaeontographical Society London; page 63 |
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| Site | Folkestone, KENT, UK |
| Family: | HOMOLIDAE Bell, 1863 |
| Genus: | HOMOLOPSIS Bell, 1863 |
| Species: | Homolopsis edwardsii Bell, 1863 With immature Notopochoristes sp. below. |
| Albian Stage: | Middle Albian |
| Horizon: | Beach Collected by Thomas Miller 2011 |
| Preservation: | Carapace on clay |
| References: | Wright C. W. and Collins J.S.H. 1972. British Cretaceous Crabs, Palaeontographical Society London; page 63 |