Description
- Hoploscaphites sp.
- Cretaceous Age
- Fox Hills Formation
- South Dakota
- This a very nice specimen that retains most of it’s original shell. Areas of White, Browns, Reds and Yellows are present on this bumpy, ornate ammonite and some of the sutures are peeking through as well. The ammonite itself measures approx. 4 15/16″ wide. It is still embedded on the original matrix noduleVery 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.
