Cephalopoda - Ammonitida - Scaphitidae
Alternative spelling: Scaphites (Yezoites)
Synonyms: Otoscaphites Wright 1953, Scaphites (Otoscaphites) Wright 1953
Parent taxon: Otoscaphitinae according to K. Tanabe 2022
See also Anderson 1958, Kennedy 1984, Kennedy 1995, Kennedy 2005, Kennedy and Christensen 1991, Kinger and Kennedy 1980, Sepkoski 2002, Szives 2007, Tanabe 1977 and Wright 1979
Sister taxon: Worthoceras
Subtaxa: Otoscaphites (Hyposcaphites) Otoscaphites (Otoscaphites) Otoscaphites arnaudi Otoscaphites reidi Yezoites bladenensis Yezoites matsumotoi Yezoites orbignyi Yezoites perrini Yezoites pseudoaequalis Yezoites puerculus Yezoites seabeensis Yezoites subevolutus
Ecology: fast-moving nektonic carnivore
Distribution:
• Cretaceous of Antarctica (4 collections), Brazil (1), Denmark (1), France (10), Germany (2), Japan (74), Madagascar (1), Mexico (1), the Russian Federation (11), South Africa (1), the United Kingdom (8), United States (37: Alaska, Arizona, California, Montana, Oregon, South Dakota, Texas)
Total: 151 collections including 205 occurrences
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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