Acanthopleuroceras valdani d'Orbigny 1844 (ammonite)

Cephalopoda - Ammonitida - Polymorphitidae

Alternative combination: Ammonites valdani

Synonym: Ammonites binotatus Oppel 1862

Full reference: A. d'Orbigny. 1844. Paléontologie Française - Description zoologique et géologique de tous les animaux mollusques et rayonnés fossiles de France - Terrains jurassiques. [Céphalopodes]. 1(Lvr 17-27):193-312

Belongs to Acanthopleuroceras according to C. Meister 1986

See also Melville 1972 and Oppel 1862

Sister taxa: Acanthopleuroceras arietiforme, Acanthopleuroceras carinatum, Acanthopleuroceras inflatum, Acanthopleuroceras lepidum, Acanthopleuroceras maugenesti, Acanthopleuroceras pseudonatrix, Acanthopleuroceras subarietiforme, Acanthopleuroceras sutherlandbrowni, Acanthopleuroceras thomsoni, Acanthopleuroceras whiteavesi

Ecology: fast-moving nektonic carnivore

Distribution:

• Jurassic of France (18 collections), Slovakia (1), the United Kingdom (3)

Total: 22 collections including 23 occurrences

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