Aspidoceras acanthicum Oppel 1863 (ammonite)

Cephalopoda - Ammonitida - Aspidoceratidae

Alternative combination: Ammonites acanthicus

Full reference: A. Oppel. 1863. III: Über jurassische Cephalopoden (continued). Palaeontologische Mittheilungen aus dem Museum des Koeniglich-Bayerischen Staates 163-266

Belongs to Aspidoceras according to G.G. Gemmellaro 1872

See also Oppel 1863

Sister taxa: Aspidoceras alamitocense, Aspidoceras andinum, Aspidoceras apenninicum, Aspidoceras atavum, Aspidoceras binodiferum, Aspidoceras binodum, Aspidoceras caletanum, Aspidoceras catalaunicum, Aspidoceras euomphalum, Aspidoceras haupti, Aspidoceras haynaldi, Aspidoceras iphiceroides, Aspidoceras iphicerum, Aspidoceras irregulare, Aspidoceras longispinum, Aspidoceras monacanthum, Aspidoceras ponderosum, Aspidoceras rafaeli, Aspidoceras raspailii, Aspidoceras rogoznicense, Aspidoceras sesquinodosum, Aspidoceras somalicum, Aspidoceras sparsispinum, Aspidoceras subdistractum, Aspidoceras supraspinosum, Aspidoceras taverai, Aspidoceras tenuispinatum, Aspidoceras wynnei

Ecology: fast-moving nektonic carnivore

Distribution:

• Jurassic to Cretaceous of Spain (1 collection)

• Jurassic of France (2), Italy (1), Madagascar (2), Romania (3)

Total: 9 collections each including a single occurrence

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