Indoscaphites cunliffei Forbes 1846 (ammonite)

Cephalopoda - Ammonitida - Scaphitidae

Alternative combination: Ammonites cunliffei

Full reference: E. Forbes. 1846. Report on the fossil invertebrata from southern India, collected by Mr. Kaye and Mr. Cunliffe. Transactions of the Geological Society of London, Series 2 7:97-174

Belongs to Indoscaphites according to W. J. Kennedy and R. A. Henderson 1992

See also Forbes 1846

Sister taxa: Indoscaphites korojonensis, Indoscaphites pavana

Type specimen: Its type locality is Pondicherry, which is in a Maastrichtian marine sandstone/claystone in the Valudavur Formation of India

Ecology: fast-moving nektonic carnivore

Distribution: found only at Pondicherry

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