Cephalopoda - Goniatitida - Gattendorfiidae
Originally ranked as a genus. I have been unable to find the first usage of Acutimitoceras as a nominate subgenus within genus Acutimitoceras. It may be Becker (1996: 36), who created the subgenus A. (Stockumites) in the same paper.
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Alternative spelling: Imitoceras (Acutimitoceras)
Parent taxon: Acutimitoceras according to R. T. Becker 1996
See also Furnish et al. 2009
Sister taxa: Acutimitoceras (Stockumites), Acutimitoceras (Streeliceras), Acutimitoceras acutum, Acutimitoceras hilarum, Acutimitoceras hollardi, Acutimitoceras intermedium, Acutimitoceras mfisense, Acutimitoceras occidentale, Acutimitoceras posterum, Acutimitoceras subbilobatum
Subtaxa: Imitoceras (Acutimitoceras) pulchrum
Type: Imitoceras acutum
Ecology: fast-moving nektonic carnivore
Distribution: there are no occurrences of Acutimitoceras (Acutimitoceras) in the database