Acroteuthis Stolley 1911 (belemnite)

Cephalopoda - Belemnitida - Belemnitidae

Parent taxon: Belemnitidae according to L. F. Spath 1947

See also Sepkoski 2002

Sister taxa: Actinoconites, Belemnitinae, Cylindroteuthinae

Subtaxa: Acroteuthis aboriginalis Acroteuthis barrana Acroteuthis divergens Acroteuthis impressa Acroteuthis kernensis Acroteuthis kewana Acroteuthis macarthyensis Acroteuthis mitchelli Acroteuthis onoensis Acroteuthis shastensis Acroteuthis subquadratus Acroteuthis watsonensis Acroteuthis wilcoxi Acroteuthis winslowensis

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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 (15: California)

• Jurassic of United States (1: California)

Total: 78 collections including 118 occurrences

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