Cephalopoda - Ammonitida - Scaphitidae
Alternative combination: Scaphites preventricosus
Synonyms: Scaphites (Scaphites) preventricosus svartenhukensis Birkelund 1965, Scaphites preventricosus sweetgrassensis Cobban 1951
Belongs to Scaphites (Scaphites) according to P. L. Sealey and S. G. Lucas 2019
See also Birkelund 1965, Braunberger and Hall 2001 and Cobban 1983
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) leei, Scaphites (Scaphites) meslei, Scaphites (Scaphites) rosenkrantzi, Scaphites (Scaphites) simplex, Scaphites (Scaphites) warreni, Scaphites (Scaphites) whitfieldi
Ecology: fast-moving nektonic carnivore
Distribution:
• Cretaceous of Canada (3: Alberta, British Columbia collections), Mexico (1), United States (2: Minnesota, Montana)
Total: 6 collections each including a single occurrence
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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