Acanthodiscus

Acanthodiscus
Temporal range: Hauterivian
~133–130 Ma
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Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Cephalopoda
Subclass: †Ammonoidea
Order: †Ammonitida
Family: †Neocomitidae
Subfamily: †Berriasellinae
Genus: †Acanthodiscus
Uhlig 1905
Type species
Acanthodiscus radiatus
Species
  • A. magnificus Imlay 1938
  • A. octagonus
  • A. ottmeri
  • A. radiatus Bruguiére 1792
  • A. rollieri
  • A. schmidtii
  • A. subradiatus Uhlig 1910

Acanthodiscus is an extinct ammonoid cephalopod genus from the order Ammonitida and included in the persphinctacean family Berriasellidae. The type species, named by Bruguière, 1792, is Acanthodiscus radiatus.[1]

  1. ^ Acanthodiscus at Fossilworks.org