Cephalopoda - Ammonitida - Scaphitidae
Full reference: A. C. Riccardi. 1983. Scaphitids from the Upper Campanian-Lower Maastrichtian Bearpaw Formation of the Western Interior of Canada. Geological Survey of Canada Bulletin 354:1-51
Belongs to Hoploscaphites according to A. C. Riccardi 1983
Sister taxa: Hoploscaphites (Tovebirkelundites), Hoploscaphites angmartussutensis, Hoploscaphites birkelundae, Hoploscaphites brevis, Hoploscaphites comprimus, Hoploscaphites constrictus, Hoploscaphites indicus, 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
Type specimen: GSC 5342a, a shell. Its type locality is GSC Loc. 97988, South Sask. River [Bearpaw Fm], which is in a Campanian marine shale in the Bearpaw Shale Formation of Canada.
Ecology: fast-moving nektonic carnivore
Distribution:
• Cretaceous of Canada (1: Saskatchewan collection), United States (1: Colorado)
Total: 2 collections each including a single occurrence
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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