Cephalopoda - Ammonitida - Acanthoceratidae
Alternative combination: Acanthoceras lecontei
Full reference: F. M. Anderson. 1958. Upper Cretaceous of the Pacific Coast. Geological Society of America Memoir 71:1-378
Belongs to Mantelliceras according to T. Matsumoto 1960
See also Anderson 1958
Sister taxa: Mantelliceras budaense, Mantelliceras camachoense, Mantelliceras cantianum, Mantelliceras charlestoni, Mantelliceras couloni, Mantelliceras dixoni, Mantelliceras indicum, Mantelliceras lymense, Mantelliceras mantelli, Mantelliceras nitidum, Mantelliceras phoenixense, Mantelliceras picteti, Mantelliceras portalesi, Mantelliceras saxbii, Mantelliceras tenue, Mantelliceras tuberculatum
Type specimen: UCMP 32858, a shell
Ecology: fast-moving nektonic carnivore
Distribution:
• Cretaceous of United States (2: California collections)
Total: 2 collections each including a single occurrence
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