Cephalopoda - Belemnitida - Belemnitidae
Full reference: F. M. Anderson. 1938. Lower Cretaceous deposits in California and Oregon. Geological Society of America Special Paper 16:1-331
Belongs to Acroteuthis according to F. M. Anderson 1938
Sister taxa: Acroteuthis barrana, Acroteuthis divergens, Acroteuthis impressa, Acroteuthis kernensis, Acroteuthis kewana, Acroteuthis macarthyensis, Acroteuthis mitchelli, Acroteuthis onoensis, Acroteuthis shastensis, Acroteuthis watsonensis, Acroteuthis wilcoxi, Acroteuthis winslowensis
Type specimen: Its type locality is CIT loc1347, Roaring River, which is in a Turonian/Coniacian marine horizon in the Budden Canyon Formation of California.
Ecology: fast-moving nektonic carnivore
Distribution:
• Cretaceous of United States (2: California collections)
Total: 2 collections each including a single occurrence
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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