Cephalopoda - Ammonoidea - Macroscaphitidae
Parent taxon: Macroscaphitidae according to W. J. Kennedy et al. 2009
See also Klein et al. 2007, Landra et al. 2000, Renz 1982 and Sepkoski 2002
Sister taxon: Cicatrites
Subtaxa: Macroscaphites (Costidiscus) Macroscaphites (Macroscaphites) Macroscaphites alpinus Macroscaphites perforatus Macroscaphites soaresi Macroscaphites striatisulcatus Macroscaphites yvani
Ecology: fast-moving nektonic carnivore
Distribution:
• Cretaceous of Bulgaria (1 collection), the Czech Republic (1), Egypt (1), France (11), Georgia (1), Italy (6), Mexico (2), Mozambique (1), Serbia and Montenegro (7), South Africa (1), Spain (3), Venezuela (1)
Total: 36 collections including 39 occurrences
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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