Cephalopoda - Ammonitida - Acanthoceratidae
Synonyms: Kamerunoceras (Schindewolfites) Wiedmann 1960, Polyaspidoceras Matsumoto 1978, Schindewolfites Wiedmann 1960
Full reference: R. A. Reyment. 1954. Some new Upper Cretaceous ammonites from Nigeria. Colonial Geology and Mineral Resources 4(3):248-270
Parent taxon: Euomphaloceratinae according to F. Barroso-Barcenilla 2007
See also Barroso-Barcenilla 2004, Cobban and Hook 1983, Cooper 1978, Kennedy 1994, Kennedy and Wright 1979, Kennedy et al. 1987, Renz 1982, Reyment 1954, Sepkoski 2002, Summesberger 1992, Wright et al. 1996, Wright and Kennedy 1981 and Zaborski 1987
Sister taxa: Burroceras, Codazziceras, Euomphaloceras, Hourcqiceras, Lotzeites, Morrowites, Paraburroceras, Paramammites, Pseudaspidoceras, Romaniceras
Subtaxa: Kamerunoceras andinum Kamerunoceras antsaronense Kamerunoceras calvertense Kamerunoceras douvillei Kamerunoceras eschii Kamerunoceras ganuzai Kamerunoceras inaequicostatus Kamerunoceras isovokyense Kamerunoceras jacobsoni Kamerunoceras lecointrei Kamerunoceras puebloense Kamerunoceras schindewolfi Kamerunoceras seitzi Kamerunoceras tinrhertense Kamerunoceras turoniense Schindewolfites isovokyense
Type: Acanthoceras eschii
Ecology: fast-moving nektonic carnivore
Distribution:
• Cretaceous of Austria (1 collection), Brazil (9), Cameroon (5), Egypt (3), France (2), Mexico (1), Nigeria (5), Romania (1), Spain (2), Tunisia (7), United States (11: Arizona, New Mexico, Texas, Utah), Venezuela (2)
Total: 49 collections including 51 occurrences
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