Cephalopoda - Ammonitida - Scaphitidae
Alternative combination: Coloradoscaphites whitfieldi
Belongs to Scaphites according to C. Klein and N. H. Landman 2019
See also Reeside 1955, Sealey and Lucas 2011 and Sealey and Lucas 2011
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 obliquus, Scaphites patulus, Scaphites praecoquus, Scaphites preventricosus, Scaphites roemeri, Scaphites subdelicatulus, Scaphites ventricosus
Ecology: fast-moving nektonic carnivore
Distribution:
• Cretaceous of United States (7: New Mexico, Wyoming collections)
Total: 7 collections each including a single occurrence
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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