Cephalopoda - Ammonitida - Acanthohoplitidae
Alternative combination: Acanthohoplites aegis
Full reference: F. M. Anderson. 1938. Lower Cretaceous deposits in California and Oregon. Geological Society of America Special Paper 16:1-331
Belongs to Acanthoplites according to F. M. Anderson 1938
See also Murphy 1956
Sister taxa: Acanthohoplites andranomenensis, Acanthohoplites aschiltaensis, Acanthohoplites berkleyi, Acanthohoplites erraticus, Acanthohoplites hesper, Acanthohoplites impetrabilis, Acanthohoplites laticostatus, Acanthohoplites multispinatus, Acanthohoplites schucherti, Acanthohoplites teres, Acanthoplites barryana, Acanthoplites belohasifakaensis, Acanthoplites gardneri, Acanthoplites manerensis, Acanthoplites midoensis, Acanthoplites mitiensis, Acanthoplites perrini, Acanthoplites remondi, Acanthoplites soaranensis, Acanthoplites spathi, Acanthoplites subbigoti, Acanthoplites trifurcatus, Acanthoplites venustus, Protacanthoplites bigoureti, Protacanthoplites originalis
Type specimen: Its type locality is CAS 1348, Alderson Creek, which is in an Aptian marine horizon in the Budden Canyon Formation of California
Ecology: fast-moving nektonic carnivore
Distribution:
• Cretaceous of United States (3: California collections)
Total: 3 collections each including a single occurrence
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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