Cephalopoda - Ammonitida - Scaphitidae
Alternative combinations: Jeletzkytes brevis, Scaphites brevis, Scaphites nodosus brevis
Belongs to Hoploscaphites according to N.H. Landman et al. 2010
See also Atabekyan and Khakimov 1976, Riccardi 1983 and Stephenson 1941
Sister taxa: Hoploscaphites (Tovebirkelundites), Hoploscaphites angmartussutensis, Hoploscaphites birkelundae, 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, Scaphites (Hoploscaphites) ravni
Ecology: fast-moving nektonic carnivore
Distribution:
• Cretaceous of Canada (3: Saskatchewan collections), Tajikistan (2), United States (2: Colorado, Texas)
Total: 7 collections each including a single occurrence
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