Trachyscaphites densicostatus Cobban and Kennedy 1992 (ammonite)

Cephalopoda - Ammonitida - Scaphitidae

Full reference: W. A. Cobban and W. J. Kennedy. 1992. Campanian Trachyscaphites spiniger ammonite fauna in north-east Texas. Palaeontology 35(1):63-93

Belongs to Trachyscaphites according to W. A. Cobban and W. J. Kennedy 1992

Sister taxa: Trachyscaphites alabamensis, Trachyscaphites pulcherrimus, Trachyscaphites redbirdensis, Trachyscaphites spiniger

Type specimen: USNM 441426, a shell. Its type locality is USGS Mesozoic locality D10154, North Sulfur River, which is in a Campanian marine marl in the Ozan Formation of Texas.

Ecology: fast-moving nektonic carnivore

Distribution: found only at USGS Mesozoic locality D10154, North Sulfur River

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