Cephalopoda - Ammonitida - Scaphitidae
Alternative combination: Scaphites (Scaphites) obliquus
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 Kennedy 1994 and Tanabe 1977
Sister taxa: Scaphites (Scaphites), Scaphites arcadiensis, Scaphites binneyi, Scaphites bosquensis, Scaphites corvensis, Scaphites delicatulus, Scaphites depressus, Scaphites diana, Scaphites equalis, Scaphites eruciformis, Scaphites ferronensis, Scaphites geinitzii, Scaphites gillisi, Scaphites hippocrepis, Scaphites mariasensis, Scaphites meriani, Scaphites nigricollensis, Scaphites patulus, Scaphites praecoquus, Scaphites preventricosus, Scaphites roemeri, Scaphites subdelicatulus, Scaphites ventricosus, Scaphites whitfieldi
Type specimen: BMNH 43987a & b, a shell
Distribution:
• Cretaceous of Antarctica (1 collection), France (4), Germany (3), Japan (2), Switzerland (1), the United Kingdom (8)
Total: 19 collections including 20 occurrences
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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