Acanthoplites aegis Anderson 1938 (ammonite)

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 originalis, Protacanthoplites bigoureti

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

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