Cephalopoda - Ammonitida - Acanthoceratidae
Synonym: Acanthoceras stephensoni Adkins 1928
Full reference: W. S. Adkins. 1928. Handbook of Cretaceous fossils. University of Texas Bulletin 2838:1-385
Belongs to Acanthoceras according to S. C. Hook and W. A. Cobban 2007
See also Adkins 1928 and Kennedy and Cobban 1990
Sister taxa: Acanthoceras (Alternacanthoceras), Acanthoceras amphibolum, Acanthoceras asiatica, Acanthoceras athabascense, Acanthoceras basseae, Acanthoceras chasca, Acanthoceras compitalis, Acanthoceras compressum, Acanthoceras flexuosum, Acanthoceras granerosense, Acanthoceras joserita, Acanthoceras jukesbrownei, Acanthoceras muldoonense, Acanthoceras pollocense, Acanthoceras rhotomagense, Acanthoceras robustum, Acanthoceras sangalense, Acanthoceras sherborni, Acanthoceras vectense, Acanthoceras whitei
Ecology: fast-moving nektonic carnivore
Distribution:
• Cretaceous of United States (5: New Mexico, Texas collections)
Total: 5 collections each including a single occurrence
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