Cephalopoda - Ammonitida - Acrioceratidae
Alternative combinations: Acrioceras starrkingi, Ancyloceras (Acrioceras) starrkingi
Full reference: F. M. Anderson. 1938. Lower Cretaceous deposits in California and Oregon. Geological Society of America Special Paper 16:1-331
Belongs to Toxoceratoides according to J. Klein et al. 2007
See also Anderson 1938 and Murphy 1975
Sister taxa: Toxoceratoides (Colomboceratoides), Toxoceratoides biplex, Toxoceratoides corae, Toxoceratoides greeni, Toxoceratoides haughtoni, Toxoceratoides karsteni, Toxoceratoides karstenioides, Toxoceratoides krenkeli, Toxoceratoides nagerai, Toxoceratoides rochi, Toxoceratoides royerianus, Toxoceratoides saulae, Toxoceratoides silesiacum, Toxoceratoides taylori
Ecology: fast-moving nektonic carnivore
Distribution:
• Cretaceous of Canada (3: Northwest Territories, Yukon collections), United States (1: California)
Total: 4 collections each including a single occurrence
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