Scalarites

Scalarites
Temporal range: Cretaceous
Scalarites scalaris from Upper Cretaceous of Japan
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Cephalopoda
Subclass: Ammonoidea
Order: Ammonitida
Family: Diplomoceratidae
Genus: Scalarites
Wright and Matsumoto 1954 [1]

Scalarites is a genus of heteromorph ammonites included in the family Diplomoceratidae. 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. [2]

Species

References

  1. Wright, C. W. and Matsumoto, T., 1954: Some doubtful Cretaceous ammonite genera from Japan and Saghalien. Memoirs of Faculty of Science, Kyushu University, Series D, Geology, vol. 4, p. 107-134
  2. Paleobiology database
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