Acanthoclymeniidae

Acanthoclymeniidae
Temporal range:
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Cephalopoda
Subclass: †Ammonoidea
Order: †Agoniatitida
Superfamily: †Gephurocerataceae
Family: †
Schindewolf, 1955
Type genus
Acanthoclymenia
Hyatt, 1900
Species[1]
  • Acanthoclymeniinae Schindewolf, 1955
  • Gogoceratinae Korn, 2002
  • Ponticeratinae Korn, 2002

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. ^ a b c Acanthoclymeniidae in the Paleobiology Database


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