Acanthaecites

Acanthaecites; Temporal range: Callovian PreꞒ Ꞓ O S D C P T J K Pg N ↓
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Mollusca
Class:	Cephalopoda
Subclass:	†Ammonoidea
Order:	†Ammonitida
Family:	†Oppeliidae
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

^ Sepkoski, Jack (2002). "A compendium of fossil marine animal genera (Cephalopoda entry)". Bulletins of American Paleontology. 363: 1–560. Archived from the original on 2016-02-25. Retrieved 2017-10-18.
^ "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.

[Sepkoski_Ceph-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 2016-02-25. Retrieved 2017-10-18.

[paleodb-2] "Paleobiology Database - Acanthaecites". Retrieved 2017-10-19.

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