Cephalopoda - Ammonitida - Scaphitidae
Alternative combination: Scaphites (Scaphites) preventricosus
Belongs to Scaphites according to W. F. Braunberger and R. L. Hall 2001
See also Birkelund 1965 and Cobban 1983
Sister taxa: Scaphites (Scaphites), Scaphites arcadiensis, Scaphites binneyi, Scaphites bosquensis, Scaphites corvensis, Scaphites delicatulus, Scaphites depressus, Scaphites diana, Scaphites equalis, Scaphites eruciformis, Scaphites ferronensis, Scaphites geinitzii, Scaphites gillisi, Scaphites hippocrepis, Scaphites mariasensis, Scaphites meriani, Scaphites nigricollensis, Scaphites obliquus, Scaphites patulus, Scaphites praecoquus, Scaphites roemeri, Scaphites subdelicatulus, Scaphites ventricosus, Scaphites whitfieldi
Subtaxa: Scaphites (Scaphites) preventricosus svartenhukensis
Ecology: fast-moving nektonic carnivore
Distribution:
• Cretaceous of Canada (3: Alberta, British Columbia collections), Mexico (1), United States (2: Minnesota, Montana)
Total: 6 collections each including a single occurrence
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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