Cephalopoda - Ammonitida - Acanthoceratidae
Parent taxon: Acanthoceratinae according to W. J. Kennedy and N. Jolkicev 2004
See also Cooper 1978, Kennedy et al. 1996, Sepkoski 2002 and Wright et al. 1996
Sister taxa: Acanthoceras, Acompsoceras, Alzadites, Benueites, Calycoceras, Conlinoceras, Cunningtoniceras, Eucalycoceras, Kastanoceras, Kennediella, Kunnamiceras, Microsulcatoceras, Nebraskites, Neocardioceras, Nigericeras, Paraconlinoceras, Plesiacanthoceratoides, Prohauericeras, Pseudocalycoceras, Pseudovascoceras, Quitmaniceras, Tarrantoceras, Thomelites, Watinoceras
Subtaxa: Protacanthoceras bunburianus Protacanthoceras fisherense Protacanthoceras hosei Protacanthoceras involutum Protacanthoceras proteus Protacanthoceras tuberculatum Protacanthoceras vetula
Type: Plesiacanthoceratoides vetula
Ecology: fast-moving nektonic carnivore
Distribution:
• Cretaceous of Angola (1 collection), Bulgaria (2), France (4), the United Kingdom (3), United States (6: South Dakota, Wyoming), Venezuela (1)
Total: 17 collections including 19 occurrences
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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