Cephalopoda - Ammonitida - Scaphitidae
Belongs to Hoploscaphites according to W. J. Kennedy and W. A. Cobban 1994
Sister taxa: Hoploscaphites (Tovebirkelundites), Hoploscaphites angmartussutensis, Hoploscaphites birkelundae, Hoploscaphites brevis, Hoploscaphites comprimus, Hoploscaphites constrictus, Hoploscaphites indicus, Hoploscaphites landesi, Hoploscaphites melloi, Hoploscaphites nicolletii, Hoploscaphites nicolletti, Hoploscaphites nodosus, Hoploscaphites pumilus, Hoploscaphites quiriquinensis, Hoploscaphites sargklofak, Hoploscaphites tenuistriatus, Scaphites (Hoploscaphites) gilli, Scaphites (Hoploscaphites) groenlandicus, Scaphites (Hoploscaphites) ikorfatensis, Scaphites (Hoploscaphites) ravni
Ecology: fast-moving nektonic carnivore
Distribution: found only at Biggs Farm, New Castle Co. [Mount Laurel Sand] (Cretaceous of Delaware)
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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