Cephalopoda - Ammonitida - Scaphitidae
Alternative combination: Scaphites (Scaphites) equalis
Full reference: J. Sowerby. 1813. The mineral conchology of Great Britain; or colored figures and descriptions of those remains of testaceous animals or shells, which have been preserved at various times and depths in the Earth. Parts III to VIII. The mineral conchology of Great Britain 1(Pts 3-8):33-96
Belongs to Scaphites according to M. Wilmsen and E. Nagm 2014
See also Henderson 1990, Kennedy 1993, Kennedy and Christennsen 1993, Kennedy et al. 1997, Kennedy et al. 1992, Kennedy and Jolkicev 2004, Tanabe 1977 and Wilmsen and Nagm 2013
Sister taxa: Scaphites (Scaphites), Scaphites arcadiensis, Scaphites binneyi, Scaphites bosquensis, Scaphites corvensis, Scaphites delicatulus, Scaphites depressus, Scaphites diana, Scaphites eruciformis, Scaphites ferronensis, Scaphites geinitzii, Scaphites gillisi, Scaphites hippocrepis, Scaphites mariasensis, Scaphites meriani, Scaphites nigricollensis, Scaphites obliquus, Scaphites patulus, Scaphites praecoquus, Scaphites preventricosus, Scaphites roemeri, Scaphites subdelicatulus, Scaphites ventricosus, Scaphites whitfieldi
Type specimen: BMNH 43986, a shell
Ecology: fast-moving nektonic carnivore
Distribution:
• Cretaceous of Bulgaria (3 collections), France (5), Germany (2), the United Kingdom (8)
Total: 18 collections each including a single occurrence
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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