Hoploscaphites sp. - microconch form

Hoploscaphites
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Specimen #814
Taxon: Hoploscaphites sp.
Locality: Baculite Mesa, Pueblo County, CO
Age: Cretaceous Period, Upper Campanian Stage
Rock unit: Baculites scotti zone of Pierre Shale
Collector: W. Itano

This is probably the microconch (male) form of the same species of Hoploscaphites as this, which is a macroconch (female). The length is 3 cm.

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