†family Macroscaphitidae Hyatt 1900 (ammonite)

Cephalopoda - Ammonitida - Macroscaphitidae

Parent taxon: Ancyloceratoidea according to M. Benzaggagh 2025

See also Klein et al. 2007, Landra et al. 2000 and Wright 1952

Sister taxa: Acrioceratidae, Ancyloceratidae, Hemihoplitidae, Heteroceratidae, Himantoceratidae, Labeceratidae, Leptoceratoididae, Paraspiticeras, Ptychoceratidae

Subtaxa: Cicatrites Macroscaphites

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Type: Macroscaphites

Ecology: fast-moving nektonic carnivore

Distribution:

• Cretaceous of Bulgaria (1 collection), Egypt (1), France (11), Georgia (1), Italy (6), Mexico (2), Morocco (1), Mozambique (1), Serbia (7), Slovakia (1), South Africa (1), Spain (3), Venezuela (1)

Total: 37 collections including 42 occurrences

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