Cephalopoda - Ammonitida - Acanthohoplitidae

Full reference: M. Collignon. 1962. Atlas des fossiles caractéristiques de Madagascar (Ammonites). Fascicule IX (Aptien). Service Géologique Tananarive 1-64

Belongs to Acanthoplites according to M. Collignon 1962

Sister taxa: Acanthohoplites andranomenensis, Acanthohoplites aschiltaensis, Acanthohoplites berkleyi, Acanthohoplites erraticus, Acanthohoplites hesper, Acanthohoplites impetrabilis, Acanthohoplites laticostatus, Acanthohoplites multispinatus, Acanthohoplites schucherti, Acanthohoplites teres, Acanthoplites aegis, Acanthoplites barryana, Acanthoplites belohasifakaensis, Acanthoplites gardneri, Acanthoplites manerensis, Acanthoplites midoensis, Acanthoplites mitiensis, Acanthoplites perrini, Acanthoplites remondi, Acanthoplites soaranensis, Acanthoplites spathi, Acanthoplites subbigoti, Acanthoplites trifurcatus, Protacanthoplites bigoureti, Protacanthoplites originalis

Type specimen: Its type locality is Loc516, Sud de l'Ilona, Toliara, which is in an Aptian marine horizon in Madagascar.

Ecology: fast-moving nektonic carnivore

Average measurements (in mm): shell diameter 24.0

Distribution: found only at Loc. 516, Sud de l'Ilona, Toliara

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