Cephalopoda - Ammonitida - Scaphitidae
Alternative combination: Scaphites leei
Synonym: Scaphites senessei Basse 1939
Belongs to Scaphites (Scaphites) according to P. L. Sealey and S. G. Lucas 2019
See also Kennedy 1995
Sister taxa: Scaphites (Scaphites) binodosus, Scaphites (Scaphites) cobbani, Scaphites (Scaphites) depressus, Scaphites (Scaphites) evanicsi, Scaphites (Scaphites) ferronensis, Scaphites (Scaphites) gibbus, Scaphites (Scaphites) haugi, Scaphites (Scaphites) hugardianus, Scaphites (Scaphites) kieslingswaldensis, Scaphites (Scaphites) meslei, Scaphites (Scaphites) preventricosus, Scaphites (Scaphites) rosenkrantzi, Scaphites (Scaphites) simplex, Scaphites (Scaphites) warreni, Scaphites (Scaphites) whitfieldi
Ecology: fast-moving nektonic carnivore
Distribution:
• Cretaceous of Canada (1: Alberta collection), France (3), United States (5: Mississippi, New Mexico)
Total: 9 collections each including a single occurrence
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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