Cephalopoda - Ammonitida - Scaphitidae
Parent taxon: Scaphites according to P. L. Sealey and S. G. Lucas 2019
See also Birkelund 1965, Cobban and Kennedy 1992, Kennedy 1984, Kennedy 1993, Kennedy 1994, Kennedy 1995, Kennedy and Christennsen 1993, Kennedy and Christensen 1991, Kennedy and Cobban 1990, Kennedy and Cobban 1993, Kennedy et al. 1997, Kennedy et al. 1992, Kennedy et al. 2008, Kennedy and Kaplan 1995, Kennedy and Latil 2007 and Szives 2007
Sister taxa: Scaphites arcadiensis, Scaphites binneyi, Scaphites bosquensis, Scaphites corvensis, Scaphites delicatulus, Scaphites diana, Scaphites equalis, Scaphites eruciformis, Scaphites geinitzii, Scaphites gillisi, Scaphites hippocrepis, Scaphites mariasensis, Scaphites meriani, Scaphites nigricollensis, Scaphites obliquus, Scaphites patulus, Scaphites praecoquus, Scaphites roemeri, Scaphites subdelicatulus, Scaphites ventricosus
Subtaxa: Scaphites (Scaphites) binodosus Scaphites (Scaphites) cobbani Scaphites (Scaphites) depressus Scaphites (Scaphites) evanicsi Scaphites (Scaphites) ferronensis Scaphites (Scaphites) gibbus Scaphites (Scaphites) haugi Scaphites (Scaphites) hugardianus Scaphites (Scaphites) kieslingswaldensis Scaphites (Scaphites) leei Scaphites (Scaphites) meslei Scaphites (Scaphites) preventricosus Scaphites (Scaphites) rosenkrantzi Scaphites (Scaphites) simplex Scaphites (Scaphites) warreni Scaphites (Scaphites) whitfieldi
Type: Scaphites equalis
Ecology: fast-moving nektonic carnivore
Distribution:
• Cretaceous of Australia (2 collections), Belgium (3), Canada (5: Alberta, British Columbia), Denmark (5), France (50), Germany (5), Greenland (4), Madagascar (3), Mexico (2), Spain (1), Tajikistan (1), the United Kingdom (1), United States (28: Colorado, Minnesota, Mississippi, Montana, New Mexico, Texas, Wyoming)
Total: 110 collections including 121 occurrences