Hypacanthoplites plesiotypicus Fritel 1906 (ammonite)

Cephalopoda - Ammonitida - Acanthohoplitidae

Alternative combination: Acanthoceras milletianum plesiotypica

Synonym: Parahoplites jacobi Collet 1907

Belongs to Hypacanthoplites according to J. Lehmann and H. M. Bayliss 2024

See also Latil and Jaillard 2023 and Szives 2007

Sister taxa: Acanthoplites (Hypacanthoplites) falloti, Hypacanthoplites aplanatus, Hypacanthoplites bakeri, Hypacanthoplites buloti, Hypacanthoplites chihuahuaensis, Hypacanthoplites corrugatus, Hypacanthoplites cragini, Hypacanthoplites elegans, Hypacanthoplites hirtzi, Hypacanthoplites milletianus, Hypacanthoplites milletioides, Hypacanthoplites pricei, Hypacanthoplites quitmanensis, Hypacanthoplites rubricosus, Hypacanthoplites rugosus, Hypacanthoplites sellardsi, Hypacanthoplites sigmoidalis, Hypacanthoplites subangulata, Hypacanthoplites subcornuerianus, Hypacanthoplites tenuiformis, Hypacanthoplites uhligi

Ecology: fast-moving nektonic carnivore

Average measurements (in mm): shell diameter 45.0

Distribution:

• Cretaceous of France (12 collections), Mexico (1), Tunisia (1), the United Kingdom (1)

Total: 15 collections each including a single occurrence

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