Cephalopoda - Belemnitida - Belemnitidae
Alternative combination: Belemnites impressus
Full reference: W. M. Gabb. 1864. Description of the Cretaceous fossils. Geological Survey of California Palaeontology 1:57-217
Belongs to Acroteuthis according to F. M. Anderson 1938
See also Gabb 1864, Gabb 1869 and Stanton 1895
Sister taxa: Acroteuthis aboriginalis, Acroteuthis barrana, Acroteuthis divergens, Acroteuthis kernensis, Acroteuthis kewana, Acroteuthis macarthyensis, Acroteuthis mitchelli, Acroteuthis onoensis, Acroteuthis shastensis, Acroteuthis subquadratus, Acroteuthis watsonensis, Acroteuthis wilcoxi, Acroteuthis winslowensis
Ecology: fast-moving nektonic carnivore
Distribution:
• Cretaceous of Canada (2: British Columbia collections), United States (3: California)
Total: 5 collections each including a single occurrence
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