- Acanthinites
Taxobox
name = "Acanthinites"
status = fossil
fossil_range =
regnum =Animal ia
phylum =Mollusc a
classis =Cephalopod a
subclassis =Ammonoidea
genus = "Acanthinites"
genus_authority = Mojsisovics 1893
subdivision_ranks =
subdivision ="Acanthinites" is an extinct genus of cephalopod belonging to the
Ammonite subclass which was described by Mojsisovics in 1893. "Acanthinites" has only one described species, "A. magnificus" and lived in what is now the province ofBritish Columbia in western Canada. Its fossils are found in theNorian stage which lasted from about 203.6 to 216.5 million years ago and is part of the Triassic Period.
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