Cephalopoda - Ammonitida - Acanthoceratidae
Alternative spelling: Plesiacanthoides
Parent taxon: Acanthoceratinae according to C. W. Wright et al. 1996
See also Kennedy and Cobban 1990 and Sepkoski 2002
Sister taxa: Acanthoceras, Acompsoceras, Alzadites, Benueites, Calycoceras, Conlinoceras, Cunningtoniceras, Eucalycoceras, Kastanoceras, Kennediella, Kunnamiceras, Microsulcatoceras, Nebraskites, Neocardioceras, Nigericeras, Paraconlinoceras, Prohauericeras, Protacanthoceras, Pseudocalycoceras, Pseudovascoceras, Quitmaniceras, Tarrantoceras, Thomelites, Watinoceras
Subtaxa: Plesiacanthoceratoides alzadense Plesiacanthoceratoides vetula
Type: Plesiacanthoceratoides vetula
Ecology: fast-moving nektonic carnivore
Distribution:
• Cretaceous of United States (2: Montana, Texas collections)
Total: 2 collections including 3 occurrences
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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