| Clioscaphites | |
|---|---|
Scientific classification  | |
| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Mollusca |
| Class: | Cephalopoda |
| Subclass: | †Ammonoidea |
| Order: | †Ammonitida |
| Suborder: | †Ancyloceratina |
| Family: | †Scaphitidae |
| Genus: | †Clioscaphites Cobban 2005 |
| Species[1][2] | |
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C. choteauensis | |
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 2 Tanabe, K. (1977). "Mid-Cretaceous scaphitid ammonites from Hokkaido". Palaeontological Society of Japan Special Papers. 21: 11–22.
- 1 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.
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