Cephalopoda - Ammonitida - Acanthoceratidae
Alternative combinations: Acanthoceras tarrantense, Calycoceras (Conlinoceras) tarrantense, Calycoceras tarrantense, Metacalycoceras tarrantense
Synonyms: Acanthoceras (Pseudacanthoceras) wintoni Adkins 1928, Acanthoceras adkinsi Stephenson 1952, Acanthoceras wintoni Adkins 1928
Full reference: W. S. Adkins. 1928. Handbook of Cretaceous fossils. University of Texas Bulletin 2838:1-385
Belongs to Conlinoceras according to S. C. Hook and W. A. Cobban 2007
See also Adkins 1928, Cobban and Scott 1972, Kennedy and Cobban 1990, Kirkland 1996, Renz 1982, Stephenson 1952 and Zaborski 1985
Sister taxa: none
Subtaxa: Acanthoceras tarrantense nitidum
Ecology: fast-moving nektonic carnivore
Distribution:
• Cretaceous of United States (17: New Mexico, Texas collections), Venezuela (1)
Total: 18 collections including 22 occurrences
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