Acanthoscaphites is an extinct genus of cephalopod belonging to the Ammonite subclass. The average diameter of its shell was approximately , but some specimens have been found with a diameter of slightly over .
Classification Acanthoscaphites was first described by Schluter in 1872. Subsequent taxonomic revisions indicate that the relationship between Acanthoscaphites and Trachyscaphites is still unclear: Acanthoscaphites may have evolved in parallel with or as a derivative of Trachyscaphites.
Species
A. plenus A. tridens A. verneuilianus
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 Europe and North America.
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