Hoploscaphites birkelundae Landman and Waage 1993 (ammonite)

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

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