Discoscaphites
| Discoscaphites | |
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| Discoscaphites iris, Owl Creek Formation (Upper Cretaceous), Ripley, Mississippi. | |
Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Mollusca |
| Class: | Cephalopoda |
| Subclass: | †Ammonoidea |
| Order: | †Ammonitida |
| Suborder: | †Ancyloceratina |
| Family: | †Scaphitidae |
| Subfamily: | †Scaphitinae |
| Genus: | †Discoscaphites Meek, 1870 |
| Species[2] | |
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Discoscaphites is an extinct genus of ammonite.
Distribution
Cretaceous of Greenland, Alabama, Arkansas, California, Colorado, Kansas, Maryland, Mississippi, Missouri, New Jersey, South Dakota, Tennessee, Texas, Wyoming,[2] and North Carolina[3]
References
- Sepkoski, Jack (2002). "Sepkoski's Online Genus Database". Retrieved 2014-05-28.
- "Paleobiology Database - Discoscaphites". Retrieved 2014-05-28.
- Chandler and Timmerman, Richard and John (2014). Fossil Mollusks - Volume II of IV. North Carolina: North Carolina Fossil Club. p. 20.
External links
- "Spectacularly Blood Red Discoscaphites Fox Hills Ammonite". The Virtual Fossil Museum. Retrieved 2009-02-02.
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