Cephalopoda - Ammonitida - Acanthohoplitidae
Full reference: K. Young. 1974. Lower Albian and Aptian (Cretaceous) ammonites of Texas. Geoscience and Man, Aspects of Trinity Division geology 8:175-228
Belongs to Hypacanthoplites according to K. Young 1974
Sister taxa: Acanthoplites (Hypacanthoplites) falloti, Hypacanthoplites aplanatus, Hypacanthoplites bakeri, Hypacanthoplites buloti, Hypacanthoplites corrugatus, Hypacanthoplites cragini, Hypacanthoplites elegans, Hypacanthoplites hirtzi, Hypacanthoplites milletianus, Hypacanthoplites milletioides, Hypacanthoplites plesiotypicus, Hypacanthoplites pricei, Hypacanthoplites quitmanensis, Hypacanthoplites rubricosus, Hypacanthoplites rugosus, Hypacanthoplites sellardsi, Hypacanthoplites sigmoidalis, Hypacanthoplites subangulata, Hypacanthoplites subcornuerianus, Hypacanthoplites tenuiformis, Hypacanthoplites uhligi
Type specimen: UT-44613, a shell
Ecology: fast-moving nektonic carnivore
Distribution:
• Cretaceous of United States (4: Texas collections)
Total: 4 collections each including a single occurrence
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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