Arcthoplites (ammonite)

Cephalopoda - Ammonitida - Cleoniceratidae

Synonyms: Arcthoplites (Subarcthoplites) Casey 1954, Subarcthoplites Casey 1954

Parent taxon: Arcthoplitinae according to J. Lehmann et al. 2016

See also Alabushev 1995, Imlay 1960, Lehmann et al. 2013, Nagy 1970, Sepkoski 2002, Warren and Stelck 1960 and Wright et al. 1996

Sister taxa: Bellidiscus, Freboldiceras

Subtaxa: Arcthoplites (Subarcthoplites) belli Arcthoplites (Subarcthoplites) mcconnelli Arcthoplites (Subarcthoplites) talkeetnanus Arcthoplites birkenmajeri Arcthoplites jachromensis

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Type: Hoplites jachromensis

Ecology: fast-moving nektonic carnivore

Distribution:

• Cretaceous of Canada (7: Alberta, Northwest Territories collections), Denmark (1), Germany (4), Greenland (4), Japan (1), the Russian Federation (5), Svalbard and Jan Mayen (13), United States (4: Alaska)

Total: 39 collections including 50 occurrences

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