Sceptrites Flower 1939 (mollusk)

Cephalopoda - Pseudorthocerida - Spyroceratidae

Parent taxon: Spyroceratinae according to C. Teichert et al. 1964

See also Sepkoski 2002

Sister taxa: Adnatoceras, Anastomoceras, Atahococeras, Bitaunioceras, Cancellspyroceras, Cryptorthoceras, Cyrtospyroceras, Cyrtothoracoceras, Diagoceras, Euloxoceras, Fusicoceras, Geisonoceroides, Gordonoceras, Lopingoceras, Palaeospyroceras, Palmeroceras, Petryoceras, Pseudocycloceras, Reticycloceras, Shikhanoceras, Spyroceras, Suloceras, Tripteroceroides

Subtaxa: none

Ecology: fast-moving nektonic carnivore

Distribution: there are no occurrences of Sceptrites in the database

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