Cephalopoda - Ammonitida - Acanthoceratidae
Synonym: Pseudacompsoceras Spath 1925
Full reference: A. Hyatt. 1903. Pseudoceratites of the Cretaceous. United States Geological Survey, Monograph 44:1-351
Parent taxon: Acanthoceratinae according to A. S. Gale et al. 2018
See also El Qot 2018, Kennedy 2013, Sepkoski 2002, Wright et al. 1996 and Zaborski 1985
Sister taxa: Acanthoceras, Alzadites, Benueites, Calycoceras, Conlinoceras, Cunningtoniceras, Eucalycoceras, Kastanoceras, Kennediella, Kunnamiceras, Microsulcatoceras, Nebraskites, Neocardioceras, Nigericeras, Paraconlinoceras, Plesiacanthoceratoides, Prohauericeras, Protacanthoceras, Pseudocalycoceras, Pseudovascoceras, Quitmaniceras, Tarrantoceras, Thomelites, Watinoceras
Subtaxa: Acompsoceras calabarense Acompsoceras inconstans Acompsoceras renevieri Acompsoceras sarthense Acompsoceras tenue
Type: Ammonites bochumensis
Ecology: fast-moving nektonic carnivore
Distribution:
• Cretaceous of Brazil (1 collection), Colombia (3), Egypt (1), France (3), Germany (1), Madagascar (6), Nigeria (2), the United Kingdom (4), United States (2: Texas)
Total: 23 collections including 29 occurrences
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
Click image to enlarge. Click to access iDigBio record.