Scaphitidae
Scaphitidae is a family of extinct cephalopods belonging to the family of heteromorph ammonites (suborder Ancyloceratina). There is a possible fossil record of them being the last ammonites with fossils dating to the Danian of the Paleocene in Denmark, the Netherlands, the US and Turkmenistan. Genera Scaphitidae Gill, 1871 *Subfamily Otoscaphitinae Wright, 1953 **'' Yezoites'' Yabe, 1910 *Subfamily Scaphitinae Gill, 1871 **'' Acanthoscaphites'' Nowak, 1911 **'' Clioscaphites'' Cobban, 1951 **'' Discoscaphites'' Meek, 1870 **'' Eoscaphites'' Breistroffer, 1947 **'' Hoploscaphites'' Nowak, 1911 **'' Indoscaphites'' Spath, 1953 **'' Jeletzkytes'' Riccardi, 1983 **'' Ponteixites'' Warren, 1934 **'' Rhaeboceras'' Meek, 1876 **''Scaphites ''Scaphites'' is a genus of heteromorph ammonites belonging to the Scaphitidae family. They were a widespread genus that thrived during the Late Cretaceous period. Morphology ''Scaphites'' generally have a chambered, boat-shaped shell. The ini ...
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