Eoscaphites Breistroffer 1947 (ammonite)

Cephalopoda - Ammonitida - Scaphitidae

Parent taxon: Scaphitinae according to A. Tajika et al. 2018

See also Sepkoski 2002, Szives 2007 and Young 1979

Sister taxa: Acanthoscaphites, Billcobbanoceras, Desmoscaphites, Discoscaphites, Haresiceras, Indoscaphites, Jeletzkytes, Ponteixites, Pteroscaphites, Rhaeboceras, Scaphites, Trachyscaphites

Subtaxa: Eoscaphites circularis Eoscaphites kuersteineri Eoscaphites tenuicostatus

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Type: Ammonites circularis

Ecology: fast-moving nektonic carnivore

Distribution:

• Cretaceous of France (1 collection), Madagascar (1), Mexico (1)

Total: 3 collections each including a single occurrence

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