Cephalopoda - Ammonitida - Scaphitidae
Alternative combination: Hoploscaphites birkelundi
Full reference: N. H. Landman 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 215:1-257
Belongs to Hoploscaphites according to N. H. Landman and W. A. Cobban 2003
See also Landman and Waage 1993
Sister taxa: Hoploscaphites (Tovebirkelundites), Hoploscaphites angmartussutensis, Hoploscaphites brevis, Hoploscaphites comprimus, Hoploscaphites constrictus, Hoploscaphites indicus, Hoploscaphites landesi, Hoploscaphites melloi, Hoploscaphites nicolletii, Hoploscaphites nodosus, Hoploscaphites pumilus, Hoploscaphites quiriquinensis, Hoploscaphites sargklofak, Hoploscaphites tenuistriatus, Hoploscaphites vistulensis, Scaphites (Hoploscaphites) groenlandicus, Scaphites (Hoploscaphites) ikorfatensis, Scaphites (Hoploscaphites) ravni
Type specimen: YPM 27172, a shell
Ecology: fast-moving nektonic carnivore
Distribution:
• Cretaceous of United States (18: Colorado, Wyoming collections)
Total: 18 collections each including a single occurrence
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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