Acanthoclymenia
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| Acanthoclymenia Temporal range: | |
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Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Mollusca |
| Class: | Cephalopoda |
| Subclass: | †Ammonoidea |
| Order: | †Agoniatitida |
| Family: | †Acanthoclymeniidae |
| Genus: | †Acanthoclymenia Hyatt, 1900 |
| Type species | |
| Acanthoclymenia neapolitana Clarke, 1898 | |
Acanthoclymenia is genus of ammonoid cephalopods belonging to the Acanthoclymeniidae family. Species belonging to this genus lived in middle and late Devonian (upper Givetian - lower Frasnian). Its fossils were found in Europe, Asia, north Africa, North America and Australia.[1][3] Species of this genus had discoidal shells with flattened venter.[2]
