Gastrohoplites
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Gastrohoplites is a hoplitid
genus of ammonite included in the Gastrohoplinae from Middle Albian age marine strata in western North America and parts of Europe.
The shell of Gastrohoplites is variably involute to evolute. Sides and venter are flat, shoulders sharp. Ribs more or less prominent, coarse, branch from above the umbilical border, and strengthen with age. Saddles in the suture are broad and rather simple.
Hoplitidae
The Hoplitidae is a family of Cretaceous ammonites that lived during the middle of the period from the late Aptian to the Cenomanian. They are part of the superfamily Hoplitaceae....
genus of ammonite included in the Gastrohoplinae from Middle Albian age marine strata in western North America and parts of Europe.
The shell of Gastrohoplites is variably involute to evolute. Sides and venter are flat, shoulders sharp. Ribs more or less prominent, coarse, branch from above the umbilical border, and strengthen with age. Saddles in the suture are broad and rather simple.