Yezoites seabeensis Cobban and Gryc 1961 (ammonite)

Cephalopoda - Ammonitida - Scaphitidae

Alternative combination: Otoscaphites seabeensis

Synonyms: Scaphites (Hyposcaphites) stephanoceroides Wiedmann 1965, Scaphites stephanoceroides Wiedmann 1965

Full reference: W. A. Cobban and G. Gryc. 1961. Ammonites from the Seabee Formation (Cretaceous) of northern Alaska. Journal of Paleontology 35:176-190

Belongs to Yezoites according to K. Tanabe 2022

See also Cobban 1983 and Cobban and Gryc 1961

Sister taxa: Yezoites bladenensis, Yezoites matsumotoi, Yezoites orbignyi, Yezoites perrini, Yezoites pseudoaequalis, Yezoites puerculus, Yezoites subevolutus, Otoscaphites (Otoscaphites), Otoscaphites (Hyposcaphites), Otoscaphites arnaudi, Otoscaphites reidi

Type specimens:

  • Yezoites seabeensis: USNM 130805, a shell
  • Scaphites (Hyposcaphites) stephanoceroides:

Ecology: fast-moving nektonic carnivore

Distribution:

• Cretaceous of Japan (3 collections), United States (9: Alaska, South Dakota)

Total: 12 collections each including a single occurrence

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