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Scaphites preventricosus
Scaphites preventricosus
Phylum:
Mollusca
Class:
Cephalopoda
Order:
Ammonoidea
Family:
Scaphitidae
Genus:
Scaphites
Species:
Scaphites preventricosus
Cobban, 1951
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Geological Range
Scaphites preventricosus Zone
: Lower Coniacian 89.3 ± 1.0 to 88.55 ± 0.59
Turonian to Coniacian
Paleogeographic Distribution
Utah to Montana
Stratigraphic Occurrences
Coniacian
Mancos Shale (Ferron Sandstone Member) (UT)
Marias River Formation (MT)
Turonian
Carlile Shale (SD)
Niobrara Formation (SD)
Unknown Stage
Marias River Shale (Kevin Member) (MT)
Holotype of
Scaphites preventricosus
(USNM 106675). Original unmodified images provided by courtesy of the Smithsonian NMNH and adapted and presented here under a Creative Commons BY-NC 4.0 license (NMNH GUID http://n2t.net/ark:/65665/395b5db58-a2a8-437d-b478-bbae796f3d87).
Stratigraphic position unknown