Cephalopoda - Ceratitida - Acrochordiceratidae
Alternative spelling: Ammonites (Acrochordiceras)
Synonyms: Acrochordiceras (Epacrochordiceras) Spath 1934, Epacrochordiceras Spath 1934, Haydenites Diener 1907, Silesiacrochordiceras Diener 1916
Full reference: A. Hyatt. 1877. Ammonoid genera in Part I. Palaeontology. Report of the Geological Exploration of the Fortieth Parallel 4:105-129
Parent taxon: Acrochordiceratidae according to C. Monnet et al. 2013
See also McLearn 1969, Monnet et al. 2010, Sepkoski 2002, Smith 1927, Spath 1934, Tozer 1981, von Mojsisovics 1882 and Waagen 1895
Sister taxa: Bradyia, Columboceras, Globacrochordiceras, Paracrochordiceras, Pseudacrochordiceras
Subtaxa: Acrochordiceras (Acrochordiceras) Acrochordiceras carolinae Acrochordiceras damesi Acrochordiceras dimidiatum Acrochordiceras endrissi Acrochordiceras hatschekii Acrochordiceras haueri Acrochordiceras hyatti Acrochordiceras lingyunense Acrochordiceras pacificum
Type: Acrochordiceras hyatti
Ecology: nektonic carnivore
Distribution:
• Triassic of Austria (9 collections), Bosnia and Herzegovina (5), China (11), Hungary (8), India (3), Iran (1), Italy (5), Laos (1), Malaysia (2), Pakistan (1), Poland (1), Romania (1), the Russian Federation (7), Serbia and Montenegro (1), Turkey (51), United States (63: Nevada), Vietnam (1)
Total: 171 collections including 230 occurrences
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