Cephalopoda - Ammonitida - Acanthoceratidae
Alternative combinations: Acanthoceras lonsdalei, Euomphaloceras lonsdalei
Full reference: W. S. Adkins. 1928. Handbook of Cretaceous fossils. University of Texas Bulletin 2838:1-385
Belongs to Cunningtoniceras according to W. J. Kennedy and W. A. Cobban 1990
See also Adkins 1928 and Stephenson 1955
Sister taxa: Cunningtoniceras arizonense, Cunningtoniceras cunningtoni, Cunningtoniceras inerme, Cunningtoniceras johnsonanum, Cunningtoniceras meridionale, Cunningtoniceras novimexicanum, Cunningtoniceras roguense
Type specimen: TMM 2410. Its type locality is Belton-Temple Road, which is in a Cenomanian marine sandstone in the Waco Lake Formation of Texas.
Ecology: fast-moving nektonic carnivore
Distribution:
• Cretaceous of Australia (2 collections), United States (3: Texas)
Total: 5 collections each including a single occurrence
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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