Scalarites

{{Short description|Genus of molluscs (fossil)}}

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| fossil_range = {{Fossil range|89.3|70.6}}

| image = Diplomoceratidae - Scalarites scalaris.JPG

| image_caption = Scalarites scalaris from Upper Cretaceous of Japan

| taxon = Scalarites

| authority = Wright and Matsumoto, 1954 Wright, C. W. and Matsumoto, T., 1954: Some doubtful Cretaceous ammonite genera from Japan and Saghalien. Memoirs of Faculty of Science, Kyushu University, Series D, Geology, vol. 4, p. 107-134

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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.[https://paleobiodb.org/classic/checkTaxonInfo?taxon_no=15602 Scalarites] at Fossilworks.org