Cephalopoda - Ammonitida - Ancyloceratidae
Alternative spelling: Ancyloceras (Acrioceras)
Full reference: A. Hyatt. 1900. Cephalopoda. Textbook of Palaeontology 1:502-604
Parent taxon: Ancyloceratinae according to H. C. Klinger and W. J. Kennedy 1992
See also Imlay 1960, Klein et al. 2007 and Sepkoski 2002
Sister taxa: Acanthoptychoceras, Ancyloceras, Caspianites, Dirrymoceras, Epancyloceras, Huastecoceras, Tonohamites, Tropaeum
Subtaxa: Acrioceras (Acrioceras) Acrioceras hamlini Acrioceras meriani Acrioceras tabarelli Acrioceras vespertinum Acrioceras voyanum
Type: Ancyloceras tabarelli
Ecology: fast-moving nektonic carnivore
Distribution:
• Cretaceous of Chile (4 collections), Colombia (1), France (4), Georgia (1), Germany (1), Italy (4), Japan (2), Mexico (1), Morocco (9), Slovakia (2), South Africa (3), Spain (17), United States (2: California)
Total: 51 collections including 54 occurrences
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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