Cephalopoda - Ammonitida - Scaphitidae
Alternative combinations: Scaphites depressus, Scaphites ventricosus depressus
Synonyms: Scaphites depressus oregonensis Cobban 1951, Scaphites ventricosus stantoni Reeside 1927
Belongs to Scaphites (Scaphites) according to P. L. Sealey and S. G. Lucas 2019
See also Reeside 1955 and Scott et al. 1986
Sister taxa: Scaphites (Scaphites) binodosus, Scaphites (Scaphites) cobbani, Scaphites (Scaphites) evanicsi, Scaphites (Scaphites) ferronensis, Scaphites (Scaphites) gibbus, Scaphites (Scaphites) haugi, Scaphites (Scaphites) hugardianus, 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 United States (3: Colorado collections)
Total: 3 collections each including a single occurrence
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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