Zuluscaphites Van Hoepen 1955 (ammonite)

Cephalopoda - Ammonitida - Flickiidae

Synonym: Huescarites Latil 1990

Full reference: E. C. N. Van Hoepen. 1955. New and little known ammonites from the Albian of Zululand. South African Journal of Science 51:355-361

Parent taxon: Salaziceratinae according to O. Szives 2007

See also Kennedy and Delamette 1994, Kennedy and Klinger 1993, Latil 1990 and Sepkoski 2002

Sister taxa: Neosaynoceras, Salaziceras

Subtaxa: Zuluscaphites helveticus Zuluscaphites orycteropusi

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Type: Zuluscaphites orycteropusi

Ecology: fast-moving nektonic carnivore

Distribution: found only at Base calcaires des Fiz, Sautet, massif de Platé, Haute-Savoie (Cretaceous of France)

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