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Superfamily: | Gonioclymeniaceae |
Family: | Acanthoclymeniidae Schindewolf, 1955 |
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Acanthoclymeniidae is a family of early, primitive, clymeniid ammonoid cephalopods that lived during the Late Devonian.[1] At one time this family was known to contain a single genus, Acanthoclymenia, named by Hyatt in 1900, which is its type.
Acanthoclymeniidae are characterized by their small slightly involute, subdiscoidal, widely umbilicate shells that reach only a few centimeters in diameter. This description applies to the genus Acanthoclymenia as well.
References
- Miller, Furnish, and Schindewolf (1957) Paleozoic Ammonidea, Treatise on Invertebrate Paleontology Part L, Ammonoidea. Geological Soc of America.
- 1 2 3 "Paleobiology Database - Acanthoclymeniidae". Retrieved 2014-05-29.
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