 | This article provides insufficient context for those unfamiliar with the subject.(December 2023) |
| Gastrohoplites Temporal range: L Cretaceous (M Albian) | |
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Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Mollusca |
| Class: | Cephalopoda |
| Subclass: | † Ammonoidea |
| Order: | † Ammonitida |
| Family: | † Hoplitidae |
| Genus: | † Gastrohoplites McLearn, 1930 |
Gastrohoplites is a genus of hoplitid ammonites 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.
