Hoploscaphites birkelundi
- Phylum: Mollusca
- Class: Cephalopoda
- Order: Ammonoidea
- Family: Scaphitidae
- Genus: Hoploscaphites
- Species: Hoploscaphites birkelundi Landman & Waage, 1993
Geological Range
Hoploscaphites birkelundi Zone: Upper Maastrichtian
Paleogeographic Distribution
Colorado to Wyoming
Remarks
Original presentation: Hoploscaphites birkelundi
Original publication: Landman, N. H. and K. M. Waage. 1993. Scaphitid ammonites of the Upper Cretaceous (Maastrichtian) Fox Hills Formation in South Dakota and Wyoming. Bulletin of the American Museum of Natural History, Number 215, 257 pp. [p. 119-127, figs. 60, 85-90]. Download here.
Holotype: YPM 27172.
Type locality: Niobrara County, Wyoming.
Type horizon: Fox Hills Formation.
Zonation: Hoploscaphites birkelundi zone (Cobban et al., 2006).
PaleoDB taxon number: 340269.
Reference: Landman and Waage (1993).
Origin of name: “named in honor of the late Dr. Tove Birkelund” (Landman and Waage, 1993, p. 119).
Stratigraphic Occurrences
- Maastrichtian
- Fox Hills Formation (WY)
- Pierre Shale (CO)
