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Acroteuthis mitchelli

Cephalopoda - Belemnitida - Belemnitidae

Taxonomy
Acroteuthis mitchelli was named by Anderson (1938). It is a 3D body fossil. Its type locality is CAS loc. 1657, Mitchell Creek area, which is in a Barremian marine horizon in the Budden Canyon Formation of California.

Sister species lacking formal opinion data

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1938Acroteuthis mitchelli Anderson pp. 227 - 228 figs. Plate 80, figures 1, 1a

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
Bilateria
EubilateriaAx 1987
Protostomia
Spiralia
superphylumLophotrochozoa
phylumMollusca
classCephalopodaCuvier 1797
RankNameAuthor
subclassColeoideaBather 1888
Neocoleoidea
superorderDecabrachiaHaeckel 1866
orderBelemnitidaHaeckel 1866
suborderBelemnitinaZittel 1895
familyBelemnitidaed'Orbigny 1845
genusAcroteuthisStolley 1911
speciesmitchelli

If no rank is listed, the taxon is considered an unranked clade in modern classifications. Ranks may be repeated or presented in the wrong order because authors working on different parts of the classification may disagree about how to rank taxa.

Acroteuthis mitchelli Anderson 1938
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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
Composition: low Mg calciteo
Environment: marinec
Locomotion: fast-movingc
Life habit: nektonico
Diet: carnivorec
Vision: well-developedc
Created: 2005-01-28 02:38:11
Modified: 2005-10-06 16:04:16
Source: o = order, c = class
References: Kiessling 2004, Kiessling 2003

Age range: Late/Upper Barremian or 125.77000 to 121.40000 Ma

Collections: one only


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Late/Upper Barremian125.77 - 121.4USA (California) Acroteuthis mitchelli (type locality: 225526)