Cephalopoda - Ammonitida - Scaphitidae
Alternative spelling: Scaphites (Discoscaphites)
Parent taxon: Scaphitinae according to W. J. Kennedy et al. 1997
See also Birkelund 1965, Landman and Waage 1993 and Sepkoski 2002
Sister taxa: Acanthoscaphites, Billcobbanoceras, Desmoscaphites, Eoscaphites, Haresiceras, Indoscaphites, Jeletzkytes, Ponteixites, Pteroscaphites, Rhaeboceras, Scaphites, Trachyscaphites
Subtaxa: Discoscaphites conradi Discoscaphites gulosus Discoscaphites iris Discoscaphites minardi Discoscaphites rossi Discoscaphites sphaeroidalis Scaphites (Discoscaphites) waagei
Type: Ammonites coelonotus
Ecology: fast-moving nektonic carnivore
Distribution:
• Cretaceous of Greenland (4 collections), Libya (1), United States (169: Alabama, Arkansas, California, Colorado, Kansas, Maryland, Mississippi, Missouri, Montana, New Jersey, South Dakota, Tennessee, Texas, Wyoming)
Total: 174 collections including 208 occurrences
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