Cephalopoda - Ammonitida - Acanthoceratidae
Alternative combinations: Acanthoceras rhotomagensis, Acanthoceras rotomagense, Ammonites rhotomagensis, Ammonites rothomagensis, Metacanthoplites rhotomagensis
Synonyms: Acanthoceras (Pseudacanthoceras) praecursor Thomel 1972, Acanthoceras cenomanense d'Orbigny 1850, Ammonites cenomanensis d'Orbigny 1850
Belongs to Acanthoceras according to A. S. Gale et al. 2018
See also Barroso-Barcenilla 2004, Cooper 1978, d'Orbigny 1850, Etheridge 1867, Förster 1975, Hyatt 1900, Kennedy 1994, Kossmat 1897, Matsumoto and Skwarko 1991, Matsumoto and Skwarko 1993, Mosavinia and Wilmsen 2011, Neumayr 1875, Thomel 1972, Wright and Kennedy 1987, Wright and Kennedy 1990 and Zaborski 1990
Sister taxa: Acanthoceras (Alternacanthoceras), Acanthoceras amphibolum, Acanthoceras asiatica, Acanthoceras athabascense, Acanthoceras basseae, Acanthoceras bellense, Acanthoceras chasca, Acanthoceras compitalis, Acanthoceras compressum, Acanthoceras flexuosum, Acanthoceras granerosense, Acanthoceras joserita, Acanthoceras jukesbrownei, Acanthoceras muldoonense, Acanthoceras pollocense, Acanthoceras robustum, Acanthoceras sangalense, Acanthoceras sherborni, Acanthoceras vectense, Acanthoceras whitei
Subtaxa: Acanthoceras rhotomagense sussexiense
Average measurements (in mm): shell diameter 59.8
Distribution:
• Cretaceous of Denmark (1 collection), France (5), Germany (20), India (1), Iran (2), Mozambique (2), Nigeria (1), Papua New Guinea (2), Spain (1), Tunisia (1), the United Kingdom (10), United States (1: California)
Total: 47 collections including 48 occurrences
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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