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 (Hoploscaphites) according to T. Birkelund 1965
Sister taxa: Hoploscaphites (Tovebirkelundites), Hoploscaphites angmartussutensis, Hoploscaphites birkelundae, Hoploscaphites brevis, Hoploscaphites comprimus, Hoploscaphites constrictus, Hoploscaphites indicus, Hoploscaphites landesi, Hoploscaphites melloi, Hoploscaphites nicolletii, Hoploscaphites nicolletti, Hoploscaphites nodosus, Hoploscaphites pumilus, Hoploscaphites quiriquinensis, Hoploscaphites sargklofak, Hoploscaphites tenuistriatus, Hoploscaphites vistulensis, Scaphites (Hoploscaphites) gilli, Scaphites (Hoploscaphites) groenlandicus, Scaphites (Hoploscaphites) ikorfatensis
Type specimen: MMH 9819. Its type locality is Brudkloft at Ikorfat, northcoast of Nugssuaq, which is in a Campanian offshore shale in Greenland.
Ecology: fast-moving nektonic carnivore
Distribution:
• Cretaceous of Greenland (2 collections)
Total: 2 collections each including a single occurrence
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