Clioscaphites

Clioscaphites
Temporal range: Coniacian to Santonian
~84–90 Ma
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Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Cephalopoda
Subclass: †Ammonoidea
Order: †Ammonitida
Suborder: †Ancyloceratina
Family: †Scaphitidae
Genus: †Clioscaphites
Cobban 2005
Species[1][2]

C. choteauensis
C. montanensis
C. saxitonianus
C. vermiformis

Clioscaphites is an extinct genus of ammonite belonging to the family Scaphitidae.[1] Species in this genus are important index fossils of the Western Interior Seaway of the Coniacian to Santonian Ages of the Cretaceous.[2]

References

  1. ^ a b Tanabe, K. (1977). "Mid-Cretaceous scaphitid ammonites from Hokkaido". Palaeontological Society of Japan Special Papers. 21: 11–22.
  2. ^ a b Cobban, W.A.; Dyman, T.S.; Porter, K.W. (June 2005). "Paleontology and stratigraphy of upper Coniacian–middle Santonian ammonite zones and application to erosion surfaces and marine transgressive strata in Montana and Alberta". Cretaceous Research. 26 (3): 429–449. doi:10.1016/j.cretres.2005.01.007.


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