Hoploscaphites nicolletii w/ Bite
Description
Hoploscaphites nicolletii Zone
Trail City Member, Fox Hills Formation
Upper Maastrichtian, Late Cretaceous
South Dakota, USA
Fox Hills Formation Member, Zone and Ammonite Fauna
Youngest ~ 69 MY
Trail City Member
upper Hoploscaphites nicolletii Range Zone
Protocardia-Oxytoma Assemblage Zone (also known as the transitional stage): Baculites larsoni, Discoscaphites conradi, D. gulosus, D. sp. cf. D. gulosus, D. rossae, Hoploscaphites nicolletii, H. spedeni, H. nebrascensis, Sphenodiscus beecheri, S. sp.
Upper nicolletii Assemblage Zone: Discoscaphites conradi, D. sp. cf. D. gulosus, Hoploscaphites nicolletii, Hoploscaphites spedeni, Sphenodiscus sp. (in pre 1996 publications called S. lenticularis), Trachybaculites columna
lower Hoploscaphites nicolletii Range Zone
Limopsis-Gervillia Assemblage Zone: Discoscaphites conradi, Hoploscaphites nicolletii, H. spedeni, Sphenodiscus sp. (in older publications called S. lenticularis); equivalent to the upper Elk Butte Member of the Pierre Shale in north central SD where Discoscaphites and Sphenodiscus are extremely rare.
Lower nicolletii Assemblage Zone: Hoploscaphites nicolletii, H. spedeni