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Acompsoceras calabarense

Cephalopoda - Ammonitida - Acanthoceratidae

Taxonomy
Acompsoceras calabarense was named by Zaborski (1985). Its type specimen is BMNH C.85250, a shell, and it is a 3D body fossil. Its type locality is Calabar-Akamkpa road, 1.5 km N of junction [Odukpani Fm], which is in a Cenomanian offshore shale in the Odukpani Formation of Nigeria.

Sister species lacking formal opinion data
A. essendiense

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1985Acompsoceras calabarense Zaborski p. 29 figs. 30, 32

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
—Bilateria
—EubilateriaAx 1987
—Protostomia
—Spiralia
superphylumLophotrochozoa
phylumMollusca
classCephalopodaCuvier 1797
RankNameAuthor
subclassAmmonoidea()
orderAmmonitida
suborderAmmonitinaHyatt 1889
superfamilyAcanthoceratoidea(de Grossouvre 1894)
familyAcanthoceratidaeGrossouvre 1894
subfamilyAcanthoceratinaede Groussouvre 1894
genusAcompsoceras
speciescalabarense

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.

†Acompsoceras calabarense Zaborski 1985
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Diagnosis
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