Cephalopoda - Ammonitida - Acanthoceratidae
Full reference: J. I. Kirkland and W. A. Cobban. 1986. Cunningtoniceras arizonense n. sp., a large acanthoceratid ammonite from the upper Cenomanian (Cretaceous) of eastern central Arizona. Hunteria 1:1-16
Belongs to Cunningtoniceras according to P. L. Sealey and S. G. Lucas 2019
See also Kirkland and Cobban 1986
Sister taxa: Cunningtoniceras cunningtoni, Cunningtoniceras inerme, Cunningtoniceras johnsonanum, Cunningtoniceras lonsdalei, Cunningtoniceras meridionale, Cunningtoniceras novimexicanum, Cunningtoniceras roguense
Type specimen: MNA N3322. Its type locality is MNA loc. 539 (UCM loc. 84119), East of Coyote Creek, which is in a Cenomanian marine sandstone in the Dakota Sandstone Formation of Arizona.
Ecology: fast-moving nektonic carnivore
Distribution:
• Cretaceous of United States (2: Arizona collections)
Total: 2 collections each including a single occurrence
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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