Clioscaphites

Clioscaphites; Temporal range: Coniacian to Santonian; ~84–90 Ma PreꞒ Ꞓ O S D C P T J K Pg N ↓
Scientific classification
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.^[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[]

^ ^a ^b Tanabe, K. (1977). "Mid-Cretaceous scaphitid ammonites from Hokkaido". Palaeontological Society of Japan Special Papers. 21: 11–22.
^ ^a ^b 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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[Tanabe-1] Tanabe, K. (1977). "Mid-Cretaceous scaphitid ammonites from Hokkaido". Palaeontological Society of Japan Special Papers. 21: 11–22.

[CobbanEtal2005-2] 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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