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
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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