Scalarites
Genus of molluscs (fossil)
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Scalarites is a genus of heteromorph ammonites included in the family Diplomoceratidae. These fast-moving nektonic carnivores lived in the Cretaceous period, from 89.3 to 70.6 million years ago). These fossils have been found in Antarctica, Brazil, Denmark, Germany, Japan, Russia, Sweden and United States.[2]
| Scalarites Temporal range: | |
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| Scalarites scalaris from Upper Cretaceous of Japan | |
Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Mollusca |
| Class: | Cephalopoda |
| Subclass: | †Ammonoidea |
| Order: | †Ammonitida |
| Suborder: | †Ancyloceratina |
| Family: | †Diplomoceratidae |
| Genus: | †Scalarites Wright and Matsumoto, 1954 [1] |
Species
- Scalarites cingulatum (Schluter, 1872)
- Scalarites scalaris (Yabe)
