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 (Hypacanthoplites) according to M. Collignon 1962
Sister taxa: Hypacanthoplites aplanatus, Hypacanthoplites bakeri, Hypacanthoplites buloti, Hypacanthoplites chihuahuaensis, Hypacanthoplites corrugatus, Hypacanthoplites cragini, Hypacanthoplites elegans, Hypacanthoplites hirtzi, Hypacanthoplites milletianus, Hypacanthoplites milletioides, Hypacanthoplites plesiotypicus, Hypacanthoplites pricei, Hypacanthoplites quitmanensis, Hypacanthoplites rubricosus, Hypacanthoplites rugosus, Hypacanthoplites sellardsi, Hypacanthoplites sigmoidalis, Hypacanthoplites subangulata, Hypacanthoplites subcornuerianus, Hypacanthoplites tenuiformis, Hypacanthoplites uhligi
Type specimen: Its type locality is Andranomena (Analalava), which is in an Aptian marine sandstone in Madagascar
Ecology: fast-moving nektonic carnivore
Average measurements (in mm): shell diameter 155.0
Distribution: found only at Andranomena (Analalava)
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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