Hoplitoides is an ammonite from the Upper Cretaceous, Turonian belonging to the Coilopoceratidae, a family in the Acanthoceratoidea. Hoplitoides have early whorls which are grooved, then flat, and finally narrowly rounded venters; early stages with umbilical tubercles and space ribs, later stages becoming smooth. The suture is similar to that of Coilopoceras but less extreme. Hoplitoides has an established distribution which is widespread, from western North America, northwestern Africa and northern South America. Species H. gibbulosus H. ingens H. koeneni H. latesellatus (type species) H. mirabilis H. sandovalensis H. wohltmanni Distribution Fossils of Hoplitoides have been found in Brazil, Cameroon, Colombia (La Frontera, Huila, Cundinamarca and Boyacá, Loma Gorda, Aipe, Huila and San Rafael Formations), Mexico, Nigeria, Peru, Trinidad and Tobago, Tunisia, United States (New Mexico), and Venezuela. References Bibliography Further reading External links The Paleobiology Database - Hoplitoides entry accessed 2 December 2011 Ammonitida genera Acanthoceratoidea Cretaceous ammonites Ammonites of Africa Cretaceous Africa Ammonites of North America Cretaceous Mexico Cretaceous United States Ammonites of South America Cretaceous Brazil Cretaceous Caribbean Cretaceous Colombia Cretaceous Peru Cretaceous Venezuela Turonian genus first appearances Coniacian genus extinctions Turonian life Coniacian life Fossil taxa described in 1898