Cephalopoda - Ammonoidea - Macroscaphitidae
Alternative combination: Scaphites alpinus
Full reference: A. d'Orbigny. 1850. Prodrome du paléontologie stratigraphique universelle des animaux mollusques et rayonnés faisant suite au cours élémentaire de paléontologie et de géologie stratigraphique 2:1-428
Belongs to Macroscaphites according to J. Klein et al. 2007
See also d'Orbigny 1850
Sister taxa: Macroscaphites (Costidiscus), Macroscaphites (Macroscaphites), Macroscaphites perforatus, Macroscaphites soaresi, Macroscaphites striatisulcatus, Macroscaphites yvani
Type specimen: MNHN.F.A52952
Ecology: fast-moving nektonic carnivore
Distribution: there are no occurrences of Macroscaphites alpinus in the database
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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