Cephalopoda - Belemnitida - Belemnitidae
Parent taxon: Belemnitidae according to L. F. Spath 1947
See also Sepkoski 2002
Sister taxa: Actinoconites, Belemnitinae, Cylindroteuthinae, Prototeuthis
Subtaxa: Acroteuthis aboriginalis Acroteuthis barrana Acroteuthis divergens Acroteuthis impressa Acroteuthis kernensis Acroteuthis kewana Acroteuthis macarthyensis Acroteuthis mitchelli Acroteuthis onoensis Acroteuthis shastensis Acroteuthis watsonensis Acroteuthis wilcoxi Acroteuthis winslowensis
Ecology: fast-moving nektonic carnivore
Distribution:
• Cretaceous of Canada (16: British Columbia, Northwest Territories, Yukon collections), Germany (1), Greenland (6), the Russian Federation (39), United States (14: California)
• Jurassic of United States (1: California)
Total: 77 collections including 117 occurrences
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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