†Metascaphites Wiedmann 1962 (ammonite)
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Cephalopoda - Ammonitida - Lyelliceratidae
Parent taxon: Stoliczkaiellinae according to W. J. Kennedy and N. J. Morris 2018
See also Szives 2007
Sister taxa: Budaiceras, Ojinagiceras, Paracalycoceras, Neophlycticeras, Stoliczkaiella, Cenisella
Subtaxa: Metascaphites kashaii Metascaphites scholzi Metascaphites thomasi
Type: Scaphites thomasi
Ecology: fast-moving nektonic carnivore
Distribution: found only at Mingoyo-Lindi road, west of Lindi (Cretaceous of Tanzania)
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