Hoploscaphites
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It is catalogued under topics including Ammonites of South America, Ammonitida genera and Cretaceous ammonites.
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Hoploscaphites is an extinct ammonite genus from the Upper Cretaceous and the Lower Paleocene, included in the family Scaphitidae.
==Morphology== 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 curving back on itself. Shells vary from compressed to inflated with convex sides. Tubercles normally present may be sparse or absent.
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