- Acompsoceras
Taxobox
name = "Acompsoceras"
status = fossil
fossil_range =
regnum =Animal ia
phylum =Mollusc a
classis =Cephalopod a
subclassis =Ammonoidea
familia =Acanthoceratidae
genus = "Acompsoceras"
genus_authority = Schluter
subdivision_ranks =
subdivision ="Acompsoceras" is an extinct genus of cephalopod belonging to the
Ammonite subclass. It grew to a large size compared to most ammonites. Its shell reached 18 inches in diameter when the animal reached adulthood. Acompsoceras appears in the fossil record during the early portion of the CretaceousCenomanian stage and goes extinct around the middle of that same stage.Classification
"Acompsoceras" is in the same family as "
Acanthoceras ", theAcanthoceratidae pecies
*"A. inconstans"
*"A. amphibolum"
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