Actinocamax

{{Short description|Extinct genus of molluscs}} {{Automatic taxobox | fossil_range = {{Fossil range|94.3|70.6}} | image = Actinocamax plenus.JPG | image_caption = ''Actinocamax plenus'', Dinosaur Isle, Isle of Wight | taxon = Actinocamax | authority = Miller 1823 | subdivision_ranks = | subdivision = }}

'''''Actinocamax''''' (from {{langx|el|ἀκτίς}} {{transliteration|el|aktís}}, 'ray' and {{langx|el|κάμαξ}} {{transliteration|el|camax}} 'stake')<ref>{{cite book |last1=Roberts |first1=George |title=An etymological and explanatory dictionary of the terms and language of geology |date=1839 |publisher=Longman, Orme, Brown, Green, & Longmans |location=London |page=3 |url=https://archive.org/details/anetymologicala00robegoog |access-date=29 December 2021 |language=English}}</ref> is a genus of belemnite, an extinct group of cephalopods.<ref name="Sepkoski2002a">{{cite journal | last = Sepkoski | first = Jack | title = A compendium of fossil marine animal genera (Cephalopoda entry) | journal = Bulletins of American Paleontology | volume = 364 |pages=560 | year = 2002 | url = http://strata.geology.wisc.edu/jack/showgenera.php?taxon=231&rank=class | access-date = 2009-04-10 }}</ref>

==See also== {{Portal|Paleontology}} * Belemnite * List of belemnites

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Category:Belemnites Category:Cretaceous cephalopods of Europe Category:Late Cretaceous cephalopods of North America Category:Fossil taxa described in 1823