Giant scaphitid ammonites from the Maastrichtian of Europe

Giant scaphitid ammonites from the Maastrichtian of Europe have generally been assigned to Acanthoscaphites NOWAK, 1911. Prior to the present study, this genus comprised five species: A. tridens (KNER, 1848), A. varians (LOPUSKI, 1911), A. verneuilianus (D'ORBIGNY, 1841), A . sp. of KENNEDY (1987) and A . sp. of KENNEDY & CHRISTENSEN (1997). Of the first-named taxon, material from Aachen-Schneeberg of Early Maastrichtian age, including the specimen illustrated by HOLZAPFEL (1887-89) long thought to have been lost, is described. Recently collected topotype material from Kazimierz Dolny, and... Mehr ...