†Desmoscaphites Reeside 1927 (ammonite)
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Cephalopoda - Ammonitida - Scaphitidae
Parent taxon: Scaphitinae according to N. H. Landman and W. A. Cobban 2007
See also Sepkoski 2002
Sister taxa: Acanthoscaphites, Billcobbanoceras, Discoscaphites, Eoscaphites, Haresiceras, Indoscaphites, Jeletzkytes, Ponteixites, Pteroscaphites, Rhaeboceras, Scaphites, Trachyscaphites
Subtaxa: Desmoscaphites bassleri Desmoscaphites erdmanni
Ecology: fast-moving nektonic carnivore
Distribution:
• Cretaceous of Canada (1: Alberta collection), the Russian Federation (1), United States (6: New Mexico, Wyoming)
Total: 8 collections including 9 occurrences
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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