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Scaphites
Classification
Phylum:
Mollusca
Class:
Cephalopoda
Subclass:
Ammonoidea
Order:
Ammonitida
Suborder:
Ancyloceratina
Superfamily:
Scaphitaceae
Family:
Scaphitidae
Subfamily:
Scaphitinae
Formal Genus Name and Reference:
Scaphites (Ammonites?) nodosus OWEN, 1852, p. 581
Type Species:
Scaphites (Ammonites?) nodosus OWEN, 1852, p. 581, OD
Images
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FIG. 202,3a–e. *S. equalis (J. SOWERBY), Cenomanian, France; a,b, macroconch, ×1; c, enlarged (Orbigny, 1840–1842); d,e, microconch, ×1 (Wiedmann, 1965).
Synonyms
Anascaphites; Jahnnites; Holcoscaphites; Metascaphites
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
Compressed with flat sides to inflated with convex sides, venter flat or rounded, generally with strong, clavate or spinate ventrolateral tubercles at least on shaft and hook, shaft normally short.
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:
Scaphites (Ammonites?) nodosus OWEN, 1852, p. 581
Type Species:
Scaphites (Ammonites?) nodosus OWEN, 1852, p. 581, OD
Images
(Click to enlarge in a new window)
FIG. 202,3a–e. *S. equalis (J. SOWERBY), Cenomanian, France; a,b, macroconch, ×1; c, enlarged (Orbigny, 1840–1842); d,e, microconch, ×1 (Wiedmann, 1965).
Synonyms
Anascaphites; Jahnnites; Holcoscaphites; Metascaphites
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
Compressed with flat sides to inflated with convex sides, venter flat or rounded, generally with strong, clavate or spinate ventrolateral tubercles at least on shaft and hook, shaft normally short.