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 aboriginalis, Acroteuthis barrana, Acroteuthis divergens, Acroteuthis impressa, Acroteuthis kernensis, Acroteuthis kewana, Acroteuthis macarthyensis, Acroteuthis mitchelli, Acroteuthis onoensis, Acroteuthis subquadratus, Acroteuthis watsonensis, Acroteuthis wilcoxi, Acroteuthis winslowensis
Type specimen: Its type locality is CAS Loc113, Mitchell Creek, which is in a Hauterivian marine siliciclastic in the Budden Canyon Formation of California.
Ecology: fast-moving nektonic carnivore
Distribution: found only at CAS Loc. 113, Mitchell Creek
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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