Scalarites

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]

Scalarites
Temporal range: 89.3–70.6 Ma
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]

Species
  • Scalarites cingulatum (Schluter, 1872)
  • Scalarites scalaris (Yabe)

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. Scalarites at Fossilworks.org


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