Cephalopoda - Ammonitida - Scaphitidae
Alternative combinations: Acanthoscaphites nodosus, Jeletzkytes nodosus, Scaphites (Ammonites) nodosus
Belongs to Hoploscaphites according to N.H. Landman et al. 2010
See also Kennedy and Cobban 1993, Kennedy et al. 1997, Landman and Waage 1993, Riccardi 1983 and Russell and Landes 1937
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 pumilus, Hoploscaphites quiriquinensis, Hoploscaphites sargklofak, Hoploscaphites tenuistriatus, Hoploscaphites vistulensis, Scaphites (Hoploscaphites) gilli, Scaphites (Hoploscaphites) groenlandicus, Scaphites (Hoploscaphites) ikorfatensis, Scaphites (Hoploscaphites) ravni
Ecology: fast-moving nektonic carnivore
Distribution:
• Cretaceous of Canada (4: Alberta, Saskatchewan collections), United States (12: Arkansas, Colorado, Kansas, Montana, New Jersey, New Mexico, Wyoming)
Total: 16 collections each including a single occurrence
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