Acanthoclymeniidae

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
Temporal range: Frasnian[1]
Scientific classification
Kingdom:
Animalia
Phylum:
Mollusca
Class:
Cephalopoda
Subclass:
Ammonoidea
Order:
Clymeniida
Superfamily:
Gonioclymeniaceae
Family:
Acanthoclymeniidae

Schindewolf, 1955
Species [1]
  • A. Acanthoclymenia
  • A. Probeloceras
  • A. Prochorites

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. "Paleobiology Database - Acanthoclymeniidae". Retrieved 2014-05-29.


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