Cephalopoda - Ammonitida - Scaphitidae
Alternative spelling: Ammonites (Scaphites)
Synonyms: Anascaphites Hyatt 1900, Coloradoscaphites
Parent taxon: Scaphitinae according to W. J. Kennedy and A. S. Gale 2015
See also Arkadiev et al. 2000, Atabekyan and Khakimov 1976, Cobban and Kennedy 1992, Henderson 1990, Kennedy 1984, Kennedy 1993, Kennedy 1994, Kennedy 1995, Kennedy 2005, Kennedy and Christennsen 1993, Kennedy and Christensen 1991, Kennedy and Cobban 1990, Kennedy and Cobban 1993, Kennedy et al. 1997, Kennedy et al. 1992, Kennedy et al. 2008, Kennedy and Jolkicev 2004, Kennedy and Kaplan 1995, Kennedy and Latil 2007, Klein and Landman 2019, Matsumoto 1959, Sepkoski 2002, Szives 2007, Tanabe 1977, Thomel 1988, Wright 1979 and Wright et al. 1996
Sister taxa: Acanthoscaphites, Billcobbanoceras, Desmoscaphites, Discoscaphites, Eoscaphites, Haresiceras, Indoscaphites, Jeletzkytes, Ponteixites, Pteroscaphites, Rhaeboceras, Trachyscaphites
Subtaxa: 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 Scaphites ventricosus
Type: Scaphites equalis
Ecology: fast-moving nektonic carnivore
Distribution:
• Paleocene of United States (1: Texas collection)
• Cretaceous of Antarctica (4), Armenia (1), Australia (3), Belgium (3), Bulgaria (3), Canada (28: Alberta, British Columbia, Northwest Territories), Denmark (5), France (81), Germany (22), Greenland (6), India (2), Italy (1), Japan (9), Madagascar (5), Mexico (6), New Zealand (6), South Africa (4), Spain (1), Switzerland (2), Tajikistan (1), Ukraine (1), the United Kingdom (22), United States (108: Alabama, Alaska, Arizona, California, Colorado, Delaware, Kansas, Maryland, Minnesota, Mississippi, Missouri, Montana, Nebraska, New Jersey, New Mexico, North Dakota, South Dakota, Tennessee, Texas, Wyoming)
Total: 325 collections including 382 occurrences
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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