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<u>Systematic Paleontology</u><br/>
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Class [[Cephalopoda]] <br/>
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Class [[Cephalopoda]]<br />
Subclass [[Ammonoidea]] <br/>
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Subclass [[Ammonoidea]]<br />
Order [[Clymeniida]] <br/>
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Order [[Clymeniida]]<br />
Family [[Carinoclymeniidae]] <br/>
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Family [[Carinoclymeniidae]]<br />
Genus '''''Acriclymenia''''' Bogoslovskii 1975 <br/>
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Genus '''''Acriclymenia''''' Bogoslovskii 1975<br />
   
 
'''''Acriclymenia''''' is a [[Clymeniida|clymeniid]] [[Ammonoidea|ammonite]] that was extant from 367.6 to 366.8 million years ago during the Late [[Devonian]]. The type, and only know species ''Acriclymenia'' ''thaumasta'' was named by Bogoslovsky in 1975.
 
'''''Acriclymenia''''' is a [[Clymeniida|clymeniid]] [[Ammonoidea|ammonite]] that was extant from 367.6 to 366.8 million years ago during the Late [[Devonian]]. The type, and only know species ''Acriclymenia'' ''thaumasta'' was named by Bogoslovsky in 1975.
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The genus ''Acriclymenia'' is a member of the Carinoclymeniidae which also includes ''[[Carinoclymenia]]'', ''[[Karaclymenia]]'', and ''Pinacoclymenia'', and may be a junior synonym of ''Carinoclymenia''.
 
The genus ''Acriclymenia'' is a member of the Carinoclymeniidae which also includes ''[[Carinoclymenia]]'', ''[[Karaclymenia]]'', and ''Pinacoclymenia'', and may be a junior synonym of ''Carinoclymenia''.
   
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* [http://fossilworks.org/bridge.pl?action=taxonInfo&taxon_no=13545 ''Acriclymenia''], Fossilworks gateway.
 
* [http://fossilworks.org/bridge.pl?action=taxonInfo&taxon_no=13545 ''Acriclymenia''], Fossilworks gateway.
 
* ''Acriclymenia'' in [http://www.goniat.org/index.html Goniat online]
 
* ''Acriclymenia'' in [http://www.goniat.org/index.html Goniat online]
 
 
 
 
 
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Latest revision as of 16:04, 28 January 2020

Systematic Paleontology
Class Cephalopoda
Subclass Ammonoidea
Order Clymeniida
Family Carinoclymeniidae
Genus Acriclymenia Bogoslovskii 1975

Acriclymenia is a clymeniid ammonite that was extant from 367.6 to 366.8 million years ago during the Late Devonian. The type, and only know species Acriclymenia thaumasta was named by Bogoslovsky in 1975.

The shell, or conch, of Acriclymenia is a lenticular oxycone with a ventral keel accompanied by longitudinal grooves, a moderately narrow umbilicus, and an unusually high ventral saddle. As with other clymeniids Acriclymenia has a dorsal siphuncle the runs along the inner, concave, rim of the whorls.

The genus Acriclymenia is a member of the Carinoclymeniidae which also includes Carinoclymenia, Karaclymenia, and Pinacoclymenia, and may be a junior synonym of Carinoclymenia.

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