GAULT LOBSTERS
Three Lobsters or Shrimps from the
Gault Clay at Folkestone are displayed below. These have been all provisionally
called "Hoploparia sp." but I have doubts about the second and
third specimens. Any improvements on these determinations would be gratefully
received. The second specimen shows unique colour banding on the tail
segment.
? Genus HOPLOPARIA McCoy,
1849
? Hoploparia sp.
Specimen 1 - Two views of a unique,
almost complete specimen found in situ - Bed VIII - Folkestone by Thomas
Miller.
Specimen 2 - a unique, almost complete,
carapace and tail exposed on a block of Gault Clay.
Specimen 3 - this section of tail shows
very distinctive colour banding
Specimen 4 - a tail section of a lobster
or prawn collected in-situ from Bed VI (Euhoplites lautus Zone;
Euhoplites lautus/nitidus Sub-zone)
a. Brooks H.K. et. al. 1969 - Treatise on Invertebrate Paleontology; Part R ARTHROPODA 4
b. Woods H. 1925-1931 A Monograph of the Fossil Macrurous Crustacea of England.