Discoscaphites

Discoscaphites Temporal range: Campanian–Maastrichtian^[1] PreЄ Є O S D C P T J K Pg N

Discoscaphites iris, Owl Creek Formation (Upper Cretaceous), Ripley, Mississippi.
Conservation status
Fossil
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Mollusca
Class:	Cephalopoda
Subclass:	Ammonoidea
Genus:	Discoscaphites
Species ^[2]
D. conradi D. gulosus D. rossi

Discoscaphites is an extinct genus of ammonite.

Distribution

Cretaceous of Greenland, Alabama, Arkansas, California, Colorado, Kansas, Maryland, Mississippi, Missouri, New Jersey, South Dakota, Tennessee, Texas, Wyoming ^[2]

References

Notes

↑ Sepkoski, Jack (2002). "Sepkoski's Online Genus Database". Retrieved 2014-05-28.
1 2 "Paleobiology Database - Discoscaphites". Retrieved 2014-05-28.

Web Links

"Spectacularly Blood Red Discoscaphites Fox Hills Ammonite". The Virtual Fossil Museum. Retrieved 2009-02-02.

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