Protacanthoceras hosei Cobban 1987 (ammonite)

Cephalopoda - Ammonitida - Acanthoceratidae

Full reference: W. A. Cobban. 1987. Some Middle Cenomanian (Upper Cretaceous) acanthoceratid ammonites from the Western Interior of the United States. United States Geological Survey Professional Paper 1445:1-28

Belongs to Protacanthoceras according to W. A. Cobban 1987

Sister taxa: Protacanthoceras bunburianus, Protacanthoceras fisherense, Protacanthoceras involutum, Protacanthoceras proteus, Protacanthoceras tuberculatum, Protacanthoceras vetula

Subtaxa: Protacanthoceras hosei hosei Protacanthoceras hosei sheridanense

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Type specimen: USNM 388170

Ecology: fast-moving nektonic carnivore

Distribution:

• Cretaceous of United States (3: South Dakota, Wyoming collections)

Total: 3 collections each including a single occurrence

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