†family Acanthoclymeniidae Schindewolf 1955 (ammonite)
Cephalopoda - Agoniatitida - Acanthoclymeniidae
Synonym: Ponticeratidae Korn 2002
Parent taxon: Gephurocerataceae according to J. Bockwinkel et al. 2015
See also Bockwinkel et al. 2013, Korn 2006 and Korn and Klug 2002
Sister taxa: Devonopronoritidae, Gephuroceratidae, Koenenitidae, Taouzitidae
Subtaxa: Acanthoclymeniinae Gogoceratinae Ponticeratinae
Type: Acanthoclymenia
Ecology: fast-moving nektonic carnivore
Distribution:
• Devonian of Algeria (3 collections), Australia (13), China (1), Germany (1), Kazakhstan (1), Morocco (5), Poland (1), the Russian Federation (19), the United Kingdom (1), United States (45: New York)
Total: 90 collections including 175 occurrences