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GAULT AMMONOIDEA
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HOPLITACEAE: HOPLITIDAE
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Subfamily: SONNERATIINAE Destombes, Juignet, &
Rioult, 1973
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Genus: OTOHOPLITES, Steinmann, 1925
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Type species: Otohoplites raulinianus (D'ORBIGNY,
1841)
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Rather inflated to compressed, with looped or zigzagging
ribs ending in oblique ventro-lateral clavi, generally with ribs zigzagging
across venter; adult body chamber of macroconchs smooth, with rounded
venter.
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Otohoplites waltoni Casey, 1964
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| Catalogue No: | F/A/0275/JKC |
| Site: | Folkestone, Kent |
| Family: | HOPLITIDAE, H. Douvilleé, 1890 |
| Subfamily: | SONNERATINAE Destombes, Juignet, & Rioult, 1973 |
| Species: | Otohoplites waltoni Casey 1964 |
| Measurement : | Diameter 49mm |
| Albian Stage: | Early Albian |
| Bed & Position: | Douvilleiceras mammillatum Zone - main "mammillatum" bed |
| Preservation: | Phosphatised |
| References: |
a. Wright C. W. 1996. Treatise on Invertebrate Paleontology (Part L Mollusca 4 Revised) Volume 4: Cretaceous Ammonoidea b. Casey R. 1964 Monograph of the Ammonoidea of the Lower Greensand; Part VI. Palaeontographical Society London |