Cephalopoda - Ammonitida - Scaphitidae
Alternative combinations: Ammonites constrictus, Scaphites constrictus
Belongs to Hoploscaphites according to M. Machalski et al. 2012
See also Arkadiev et al. 2000, Böhm 1891, Kennedy 1986, Kennedy 1993, Kennedy and Summesberger 1986, Kennedy and Summesberger 1987, Landman et al. 2010, Landman and Waage 1993, Machalski and Odin 2001, Riccardi 1983, Salazar et al. 2010 and Ward and Kennedy 1993
Sister taxa: Hoploscaphites (Tovebirkelundites), Hoploscaphites angmartussutensis, Hoploscaphites birkelundae, Hoploscaphites brevis, Hoploscaphites comprimus, Hoploscaphites indicus, Hoploscaphites landesi, Hoploscaphites melloi, Hoploscaphites nicolletii, Hoploscaphites nodosus, Hoploscaphites pumilus, Hoploscaphites quiriquinensis, Hoploscaphites sargklofak, Hoploscaphites tenuistriatus, Hoploscaphites vistulensis, Scaphites (Hoploscaphites) groenlandicus, Scaphites (Hoploscaphites) ikorfatensis, Scaphites (Hoploscaphites) ravni
Subtaxa: Hoploscaphites constrictus johnjagti
Ecology: fast-moving nektonic carnivore
Average measurements (in mm): shell diameter 17.2
Distribution:
• Cretaceous of Austria (1 collection), Belgium (3), Bulgaria (1), Chile (1), Denmark (25), France (8), Germany (2), the Netherlands (2), Spain (1), Turkmenistan (8), Ukraine (2)
Total: 54 collections each including a single occurrence
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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