Desmoscaphites Reeside 1927 (ammonite)

Cephalopoda - Ammonitida - Scaphitidae

Parent taxon: Scaphitinae according to N. H. Landman and W. A. Cobban 2007

See also Sepkoski 2002

Sister taxa: Acanthoscaphites, Billcobbanoceras, Discoscaphites, Eoscaphites, Haresiceras, Indoscaphites, Jeletzkytes, Ponteixites, Pteroscaphites, Rhaeboceras, Scaphites, Trachyscaphites

Subtaxa: Desmoscaphites bassleri

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Ecology: fast-moving nektonic carnivore

Distribution:

• Cretaceous of Canada (1: Alberta collection), the Russian Federation (1), United States (6: New Mexico, Wyoming)

Total: 8 collections including 9 occurrences

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