Cephalopoda - Ammonitida - Scaphitidae
Full reference: T. Birkelund. 1965. Ammonites from the Upper Cretaceous of West Greenland. Meddelelser om Grønland 179(7):1-192
Belongs to Scaphites (Scaphites) according to T. Birkelund 1965
Sister taxa: Scaphites (Scaphites) binodosus, 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) preventricosus, Scaphites (Scaphites) rosenkrantzi, Scaphites (Scaphites) simplex, Scaphites (Scaphites) warreni, Scaphites (Scaphites) whitfieldi
Type specimen: MMH 9800. Its type locality is Scaphitesnaesen, Agatdalen, Nugssuaq, which is in a Campanian offshore shale in the Itilli Formation of Greenland.
Ecology: fast-moving nektonic carnivore
Distribution:
• Cretaceous of Greenland (3 collections)
Total: 3 collections each including a single occurrence
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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