Description
- Hoploscaphites sp.
- Cretaceous Age
- Fox Hills Formation
- South Dakota
- This FANTASTIC specimen displays incredible Gold and Red iridescence and retains virtually all of it’s original shell. The ammonite itself measures approx. 3 5/16″ wide. It is still embedded on the original matrix nodule which is full of other fossil shells. Very nice!!
Hoploscaphites is an extinct ammonite genus from the Upper Cretaceous, included in the family Scaphitidae. It is considered by some to be a subgenus of Scaphites. Like Scaphites the shell of Hoploscaphites is involute with the final whorl projecting forward and curved back on itself. Shells vary from compressed to inflated with convex sides. Tubercles normally present may be sparse or absent.
