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Acanthoplites spathi

Cephalopoda - Ammonitida - Acanthohoplitidae

Taxonomy
Acanthoplites spathi was named by Anderson (1938). It is a 3D body fossil. Its type locality is CAS loc. 1346A, Hulen Creek, upper beds, which is in an Albian/Cenomanian marine sandstone in California.

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1938Acanthoplites spathi Anderson p. 173 figs. Plate 41, figures 3 - 5

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
Bilateria
EubilateriaAx 1987
Protostomia
Spiralia
superphylumLophotrochozoa
phylumMollusca
classCephalopodaCuvier 1797
RankNameAuthor
subclassAmmonoidea()
orderAmmonitidaHaeckel 1866
suborderAncyloceratinaWiedmann 1966
superfamilyAcanthohoplitoidea
familyAcanthohoplitidae
subfamilyAcanthohoplitinae
genusAcanthoplitesSinzow 1908
speciesspathi

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Acanthoplites spathi Anderson 1938
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Diagnosis
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