Cephalopoda - Ammonitida - Scaphitidae
Full reference: N. H. Landman, W. J. Kennedy, and N. L. Larson. 2015. A new species of scaphitid ammonite from the Lower Maastrichtian of the Western Interior of North America, with Close Affinities to Hoploscaphites constrictus Sowerby, 1817. American Museum Novitates 3833:1-40
Belongs to Hoploscaphites according to N. H. Landman et al. 2015
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 nodosus, Hoploscaphites pumilus, Hoploscaphites quiriquinensis, Hoploscaphites tenuistriatus, Hoploscaphites vistulensis, Scaphites (Hoploscaphites) gilli, Scaphites (Hoploscaphites) groenlandicus, Scaphites (Hoploscaphites) ikorfatensis, Scaphites (Hoploscaphites) ravni
Type specimen: USNM 605788
Ecology: fast-moving nektonic carnivore
Distribution:
• Cretaceous of United States (6: Wyoming collections)
Total: 6 collections each including a single occurrence
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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