Cephalopoda - Ammonitida - Acanthoceratidae
Full reference: C.W. Wright and W.J. Kennedy. 1990. The Ammonoidea of the Lower Chalk: Part 3. Monograph of the Palaeontographical Society, London 144(585):219-294
Belongs to Acanthoceras according to C.W. Wright and W.J. Kennedy 1990
Sister taxa: Acanthoceras (Alternacanthoceras), Acanthoceras amphibolum, Acanthoceras asiatica, Acanthoceras athabascense, Acanthoceras basseae, Acanthoceras bellense, Acanthoceras chasca, Acanthoceras compitalis, Acanthoceras compressum, Acanthoceras flexuosum, Acanthoceras granerosense, Acanthoceras joserita, Acanthoceras jukesbrownei, Acanthoceras muldoonense, Acanthoceras pollocense, Acanthoceras rhotomagense, Acanthoceras robustum, Acanthoceras sangalense, Acanthoceras sherborni, Acanthoceras vectense, Acanthoceras whitei
Type specimen: Its type locality is La Butte quarry, Le Mans (Sables et Grès du Mans), which is in a Cenomanian coastal claystone in the Le Mans Formation of France
Ecology: fast-moving nektonic carnivore
Distribution: found only at La Butte quarry, Le Mans (Sables et Grès du Mans)
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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