Cephalopoda - Ammonitida - Scaphitidae
Alternative combination: Scaphites hugardianus
Belongs to Scaphites (Scaphites) according to O. Szives 2007
See also Henderson 1990 and Young 1979
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) kieslingswaldensis, Scaphites (Scaphites) leei, Scaphites (Scaphites) meslei, Scaphites (Scaphites) preventricosus, Scaphites (Scaphites) rosenkrantzi, Scaphites (Scaphites) simplex, Scaphites (Scaphites) warreni, Scaphites (Scaphites) whitfieldi
Ecology: fast-moving nektonic carnivore
Distribution:
• Cretaceous of Australia (2 collections), France (16), Mexico (1)
Total: 19 collections each including a single occurrence
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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