Source : Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)

Scaphite \Scaph"ite\, n. [L. scapha a boat, fr. Gr. ska`fh a
   boat, anything dug or scooped out, fr. ska`ptein to dig.]
   (Paleon.)
   Any fossil cephalopod shell of the genus {Scaphites},
   belonging to the Ammonite family and having a chambered
   boat-shaped shell. Scaphites are found in the Cretaceous
   formation.