Cephalopoda - Ammonitida - Acanthoceratidae
Full reference: V.E. Benavides-Caceres. 1956. Cretaceous system in northern Peru. Bulletin of the American Museum of Natural History 108(4):1-493
Belongs to Acanthoceras according to V.E. Benavides-Caceres 1956
Sister taxa: Acanthoceras (Alternacanthoceras), Acanthoceras amphibolum, Acanthoceras asiatica, Acanthoceras athabascense, Acanthoceras basseae, Acanthoceras bellense, Acanthoceras compitalis, Acanthoceras compressum, Acanthoceras flexuosum, Acanthoceras granerosense, Acanthoceras joserita, Acanthoceras jukesbrownei, Acanthoceras muldoonense, Acanthoceras pollocense, Acanthoceras rhotomagense, Acanthoceras robustum, Acanthoceras sangalense, Acanthoceras sarthacense, Acanthoceras sherborni, Acanthoceras vectense, Acanthoceras whitei
Ecology: fast-moving nektonic carnivore
Average measurements (in mm): shell diameter 61.0
Distribution: found only at Bed 48, Section 4 - Celendín [Romirón Fm] (Cretaceous of Peru)
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