Cephalopoda - Ceratitida - Acrochordiceratidae

Synonyms: Acrochordiceras (Acrochordiceras) kiparisovae Zharnikova 1981, Acrochordiceras (Epacrochordiceras) korobkovi Zharnikova 1981, Acrochordiceras alternans Smith 1914, Acrochordiceras asseretoi Fantini Sestini 1988, Acrochordiceras balarama Diener 1895, Acrochordiceras joharense Diener 1895, Acrochordiceras simplex Shevyrev 1968, Acrochordiceras subrotundum Shevyrev 1968, Caucasochordiceras simplex Shevyrev 1968, Epacrochordiceras compressum Shevyrev 1995, Epacrochordiceras inflatum Shevyrev 1995

Full reference: F. B. Meek. 1877. Part I. Palaeontology. Report of the Geological Exploration of the Fortieth Parallel 4:1-197

Belongs to Acrochordiceras according to C. Monnet et al. 2010

See also Arthaber 1915, Diener 1907, Fantini Sestini 1988, Hyatt and Smith 1905, Meek 1877, Shevyrev 1995, Silberling and Nichols 1982, Smith 1914 and Spath 1934

Sister taxa: Acrochordiceras (Acrochordiceras), Acrochordiceras carolinae, Acrochordiceras damesi, Acrochordiceras dimidiatum, Acrochordiceras endrissi, Acrochordiceras hatschekii, Acrochordiceras haueri, Acrochordiceras lingyunense, Acrochordiceras pacificum

Type specimens:

• Acrochordiceras hyatti: Its type locality is West of New Pass Mines, Desatoya Mountains, which is in a Bithynian/Illyrian carbonate limestone in Nevada
• Acrochordiceras (Acrochordiceras) kiparisovae:
• Acrochordiceras (Epacrochordiceras) korobkovi:
• Acrochordiceras alternans: Its type locality is Buena Vista Canyon, west of Unionville, West Humboldt Range, which is in an Anisian carbonate limestone in Nevada.
• Acrochordiceras asseretoi: MPUM 6095. Its type locality is T107, Section Vb, Gebze area, which is in a Bithynian carbonate limestone in Turkey.
• Acrochordiceras balarama:
• Acrochordiceras joharense:
• Acrochordiceras simplex: PIN 1477/152.
• Acrochordiceras subrotundum: PIN 1477/516. Its type locality is Tkhach River, left source, Phyllocladiscites-Nicomedites beds, which is in a Bithynian marine carbonate in the Acheshbok Formation of the Russian Federation.
• Epacrochordiceras compressum: PIN 1477/562. Its type locality is Tkhach River, middle branch near bridge, Phyllocladiscites-Nicomedites beds, which is in a Bithynian marine carbonate in the Acheshbok Formation of the Russian Federation.
• Epacrochordiceras inflatum: PIN 1477/517. Its type locality is Tkhach River, middle branch near bridge, Phyllocladiscites-Nicomedites beds, which is in a Bithynian marine carbonate in the Acheshbok Formation of the Russian Federation.

Ecology: nektonic carnivore

Average measurements (in mm): shell diameter 60.4

Distribution:

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