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 Hypacanthoplites according to M. Collignon 1962

Sister taxa: Acanthoplites (Hypacanthoplites) falloti, Hypacanthoplites aplanatus, Hypacanthoplites buloti, Hypacanthoplites corrugatus, Hypacanthoplites elegans, Hypacanthoplites milletianus, Hypacanthoplites milletioides, Hypacanthoplites plesiotypicus, Hypacanthoplites subangulata, Hypacanthoplites subcornuerianus, Hypacanthoplites uhligi

Type specimen: Its type locality is Hirtz-407, north Analavelona (Manera), which is in an Aptian marine horizon in Madagascar

Ecology: fast-moving nektonic carnivore

Average measurements (in mm): shell diameter 135.0

Distribution: found only at Hirtz-407, north Analavelona (Manera)

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