Acanthoceras athabascense Warren and Stelck 1955 (ammonite)

Cephalopoda - Ammonitida - Acanthoceratidae

Full reference: P. S. Warren and C. R. Stelck. 1955. Foraminifera of the Cenomanian Dunveganoceras Zone of the Peace River area of western Canada: Appendix - New Cenomanian ammonites from Alberta. Reserach Council of Alberta Report 70:63-72

Belongs to Acanthoceras according to P. S. Warren and C. R. Stelck 1955

Sister taxa: Acanthoceras (Alternacanthoceras), Acanthoceras amphibolum, Acanthoceras asiatica, Acanthoceras basseae, Acanthoceras bellense, Acanthoceras chasca, Acanthoceras compitalis, Acanthoceras compressum, Acanthoceras flexuosum, Acanthoceras granerosense, Acanthoceras joserita, Acanthoceras jukesbrownei, Acanthoceras muldoonense, Acanthoceras pollocense, Acanthoceras rhotomagense, Acanthoceras robustum, Acanthoceras sangalense, Acanthoceras sherborni, Acanthoceras vectense, Acanthoceras whitei

Type specimen: University of Alberta Geological Museum Ct1041, a shell.

Ecology: fast-moving nektonic carnivore

Distribution: there are no occurrences of Acanthoceras athabascense in the database

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