Cephalopoda - Ammonitida - Scaphitidae
Alternative combinations: Scaphites gibbus, Trachyscaphites gibbus
Belongs to Scaphites (Scaphites) according to W. J. Kennedy 1993
See also Atabekyan and Khakimov 1976 and Kennedy 1986
Sister taxa: Scaphites (Scaphites) binodosus, Scaphites (Scaphites) cobbani, Scaphites (Scaphites) depressus, Scaphites (Scaphites) evanicsi, Scaphites (Scaphites) ferronensis, 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
Ecology: fast-moving nektonic carnivore
Distribution:
• Cretaceous of Belgium (2 collections), France (1), Germany (1), Tajikistan (1)
Total: 5 collections each including a single occurrence
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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