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Clioscaphites

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Extinct genus of mollusc

Clioscaphites
Temporal range: Coniacian to Santonian
~84–90 Ma PreꞒ Ꞓ O S D C P T J K Pg N ↓
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

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

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

References

  1. ^ Tanabe, K. (1977). "Mid-Cretaceous scaphitid ammonites from Hokkaido". Palaeontological Society of Japan Special Papers. 21: 11–22.
  2. ^ 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.
Taxon identifiers
Clioscaphites


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