Systematic Paleontology Order: Goniatitida Suborder: Tornoceratina Superfamily: Prionoceratoidea Family: Acrocanitidae Genus: Acrocanites Acrocanites is a goniatitid genus (Ammonoidea) known from the Carboniferous of Algeria and Germany, named by Schindewolf, 1922. The shell is similar in form to that of Prodromites but with a moderately wide umbilicus. Has six or seven regular lanceolate lobes on flanks. Assignment to the Prodromitidae is questionable.