Scaphites

Scaphites (Greek skafh, "a boat or anything dug or scooped out") is a genus of extinct cephalopod belonging to the family of heteromorph ammonites (suborder Ancyloceratina). They were a widespread genus that thrived during the Cretaceous period.

Scaphites generally have a chambered, boat-shaped shell. The initial part (juvenile stage) of the shell is generally more or less involute (tightly-coiled) and compressed, giving no hint of the heteromorphic shell form yet to come. The terminal part (adult stage) is much shorter, erect, and bends over the older shell like a hook. They have transverse, branching ribs with tubercles (small bumps) along the venter.

Species

 * Scaphites binneyi † Reeside 1927
 * Scaphites carlilensis † Morrow 1935
 * Scaphites depressus † Reeside 1927
 * Scaphites ferronensis † Cobban, 1951
 * Scaphites frontierensis † Cobban 1951
 * Scaphites hippocrepis † (DeKay) 1827
 * Scaphites impendicostatus † Cobban 1951
 * Scaphites leei † Reeside 1927
 * Scaphites nanus † Reeside 1927
 * Scaphites nodosus †
 * Scaphites obliquus † J. Sowerby 1813
 * Scaphites preventricosus † Cobban 1951
 * Scaphites tetonensis † Cobban 1951
 * Scaphites uintensis † Cobban 1951
 * Scaphites warreni † Meek and Hayden 1860
 * Scaphites whitfieldi † Cobban 1951

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