Cephalopoda - Ammonitida - Acanthohoplitidae
Alternative spelling: Acanthoplites (Hypacanthoplites)
Parent taxon: Acanthohoplitinae according to J. L. Latil and E. Jaillard 2023
See also Collignon 1962, Kennedy et al. 1980, Kennedy et al. 1981, Lehmann et al. 2016, Lehmann et al. 2019, Lehmann et al. 2013, Matsukawa 2021, Ovando-Figueroa et al. 2018, Robert and Bulot 2005, Robert et al. 2018, Sepkoski 2002 and Szives 2007
Sister taxa: Acanthohoplites, Colombiceras, Gargasiceras, Hypacanthohoplites, Immunitoceras, Mellegueiceras, Neodeshayesites, Nolaniceras, Paracanthohoplites, Paracanthoplites, Penaceras, Rhytidoplites
Subtaxa: Acanthoplites (Hypacanthoplites) falloti Hypacanthoplites aplanatus Hypacanthoplites buloti Hypacanthoplites corrugatus Hypacanthoplites elegans Hypacanthoplites hirtzi Hypacanthoplites milletianus Hypacanthoplites milletioides Hypacanthoplites plesiotypicus Hypacanthoplites subangulata Hypacanthoplites subcornuerianus Hypacanthoplites uhligi
Ecology: fast-moving nektonic carnivore
Distribution:
• Cretaceous of Denmark (1 collection), France (30), Germany (6), Hungary (1), Iran (19), Japan (4), Madagascar (3), Mexico (8), Morocco (2), Mozambique (1), the Russian Federation (1), Tunisia (2), the United Kingdom (13), United States (19: Louisiana, Texas)
Total: 110 collections including 176 occurrences
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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