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Hoploscaphites
Classification
Phylum:
Mollusca
Class:
Cephalopoda
Subclass:
Ammonoidea
Order:
Ammonitida
Suborder:
Ancyloceratina
Superfamily:
Scaphitaceae
Family:
Scaphitidae
Subfamily:
Scaphitinae
Formal Genus Name and Reference:
Hoploscaphites NOWAK, 1911, p. 565
Type Species:
Scaphites constrictus J. Sowerby, 1817d, p. 189, SD BIRKELUND, 1965, p. 102
Images
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Fig. 204, 2a, b. *H. constrictus (J."
Synonyms
Mesoscaphites
Geographic Distribution
Europe, South Africa, Israel, Canada, USA, Chile, Antarctica (Graham Land), Greenland
Age Range
Beginning Stage in Treatise Usage:
Upper Cretaceous (Campanian)
Beginning International Stage:
Campanian
Fraction Up In Beginning Stage:
0
Beginning Date:
83.65
Ending Stage in Treatise Usage:
Upper Cretaceous (Upper Maastrichtian)
Ending International Stage:
Maastrichtian
Fraction Up In Ending Stage:
100
Ending Date:
66.04
Description
Upper Cretaceous (Campanian-Upper Maastrichtian): Europe, South Africa, Israel, Canada, USA, Chile, Antarctica (Graham Land), Greenland
References
Museum or Author Information
Classification
Phylum:
Mollusca
Class:
Cephalopoda
Subclass:
Ammonoidea
Order:
Ammonitida
Suborder:
Ancyloceratina
Superfamily:
Scaphitaceae
Family:
Scaphitidae
Subfamily:
Scaphitinae
Formal Genus Name and Reference:
Hoploscaphites NOWAK, 1911, p. 565
Type Species:
Scaphites constrictus J. Sowerby, 1817d, p. 189, SD BIRKELUND, 1965, p. 102
Images
(Click to enlarge in a new window)
Fig. 204, 2a, b. *H. constrictus (J."
Synonyms
Mesoscaphites
Geographic Distribution
Europe, South Africa, Israel, Canada, USA, Chile, Antarctica (Graham Land), Greenland
Age Range
Beginning Stage in Treatise Usage:
Upper Cretaceous (Campanian)
Beginning International Stage:
Campanian
Fraction Up In Beginning Stage:
0
Beginning Date:
83.65
Ending Stage in Treatise Usage:
Upper Cretaceous (Upper Maastrichtian)
Ending International Stage:
Maastrichtian
Fraction Up In Ending Stage:
100
Ending Date:
66.04
Description
Upper Cretaceous (Campanian-Upper Maastrichtian): Europe, South Africa, Israel, Canada, USA, Chile, Antarctica (Graham Land), Greenland