Cephalopoda - Ammonitida - Scaphitidae
Alternative combinations: Anascaphites ventricosus, Scaphites (Scaphites) ventricosus
Belongs to Scaphites according to W. F. Braunberger and R. L. Hall 2001
See also Birkelund 1965, Cobban et al. 2005 and Hyatt 1900
Sister taxa: Scaphites (Scaphites), Scaphites arcadiensis, Scaphites binneyi, Scaphites bosquensis, Scaphites corvensis, Scaphites delicatulus, Scaphites diana, Scaphites equalis, Scaphites eruciformis, Scaphites geinitzii, Scaphites gillisi, Scaphites hippocrepis, Scaphites mariasensis, Scaphites meriani, Scaphites nigricollensis, Scaphites obliquus, Scaphites patulus, Scaphites praecoquus, Scaphites roemeri, Scaphites subdelicatulus
Ecology: fast-moving nektonic carnivore
Distribution:
• Cretaceous of Canada (8: Alberta collections), Greenland (1), United States (4: Montana, Wyoming)
Total: 13 collections each including a single occurrence
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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