''Scalarites'' is a genus of heteromorph ammonites included in the family

Diplomoceratidae Diplomoceratidae is a family of ammonites included in the order Ammonitida. Fossils of species within this genus have been found in the Cretaceous sediments (age range: from 99.7 to 66.043 million years ago). Studies of ''Diplomoceras'' suggest t ...

. These fast-moving nektonic carnivores lived in the Cretaceous period, from 89.3 to 70.6 million years ago). These fossils have been found in Antarctica, Brazil, Denmark, Germany, Japan, Russia, Sweden and United States.''Scalarites''
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Species

* ''Scalarites cingulatum'' (Schluter, 1872) * ''Scalarites scalaris'' (Yabe)

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Ammonitida genera Turrilitoidea Cretaceous ammonites Ammonites of Asia Cretaceous Asia Cretaceous ammonites of Europe Cretaceous Europe Cretaceous ammonites of North America Cretaceous United States Ammonites of South America Cretaceous Brazil {{Ammonitida-stub