Acanthoscaphites

Taxobox
name = "Acanthoscaphites"
status = fossil
fossil_range =
regnum = Animalia
phylum = Mollusca
classis = Cephalopoda
subclassis = Ammonoidea
genus = "Acanthoscaphites"
genus_authority = Schluter 1872
subdivision_ranks =
subdivision =

"Acanthoscaphites" is an extinct genus of cephalopod belonging to the Ammonite subclass. The average diameter of its shell was approximately three fourths of an inch, but some secimens have been found with a diameter of slightly over two inches.

Classification

"Acanthoscaphites" was first described by Schluter in 1872. Subsequent taxonomic revisions may have rendered "Acanthoscaphites" synonymous with "Scaphites" and "Trachyscaphites". Little information is available regarding the validity or synonymy of the Acanthoscaphites genus, so this page may be inaccurate. Please use caution when referring to this article.

pecies

Note: "A. nodosa" and "A. nodosus" may be misspellings of the same name.
*"A. gibbus"
*"A. nodosa"
*"A. nodosus"
*"A. praequadrispinosus"
*"A. spiniger"
*"A. schmidi"
*"A. tridens"

ubgenus Euroscaphites

*"A. (Euroscaphites) varians blaszkiewiczi"
*"A. (Euroscaphites) varians":*"A. (Euroscaphites) varians varians"

Biogeography

"Acanthoscaphites" was a widespread genus during Campanian and Maastrichtian times, approximately 80 million years ago. Its remains can be found in rocks of that age from many countries, such as:
*Armenia
*Germany
*Poland
*Russia
*Sweden
*Turkmenistan
*Ukraine
*United States:*Fannin County, Texas :*Red River County, Texas:*Sumter County, Alabama