Acanthaecites

Acanthaecites
Temporal range: Callovian[1]
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Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Cephalopoda
Subclass: Ammonoidea
Genus: Acanthaecites
Rollier 1909

Acanthaecites is an extinct cephalopod genus belonging to the ammonoid family Oppeliidae first described by Rollier in 1909.[2] Acanthaecites both appears and disappears from the fossil record during the Callovian stage of the Jurassic Period.

The shell of Acanthaecites is small, globose and smooth except for a median ventral row of distinct sharp serrations.

References

Notes
  1. ↑ Sepkoski, Jack (2002). "A compendium of fossil marine animal genera (Cephalopoda entry)". Bulletins of American Paleontology. 363: 1–560. Archived from the original on 2008-05-07. Retrieved 2017-10-18.
  2. ↑ "Paleobiology Database - Acanthaecites". Retrieved 2017-10-19.
Bibliography
  • W.J. Arkell, et al. 1957. Mesozoic Ammonoidea. Treatise on Invertebrate Paleontology, Part L, Ammonoidea. University of Kansas Press.
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