Cephalopoda - Ammonitida - Sphenodiscidae
Synonyms: Pelecodiscus amapondensis Van Hoepen 1921, Pelecodiscus capensis Van Hoepen 1921, Pelecodiscus umzambiensis Van Hoepen 1921, Spheniscoceras africanum Spath 1921, Spheniscoceras amapondense Van Hoepen 1921, Spheniscoceras minor Spath 1921, Spheniscoceras tenue Spath 1921
Full reference: A. Hyatt. 1903. Pseudoceratites of the Cretaceous. United States Geological Survey, Monograph 44:1-351
Belongs to Eulophoceras according to W. J. Kennedy and H. C. Klinger 2012
See also Hyatt 1903, Kennedy 1995 and Kennedy and Cobban 1994
Sister taxa: Eulophoceras austriacum, Eulophoceras bererense, Eulophoceras grossouvrei
Type specimens:
- Eulophoceras natalense: Its type locality is Port Natal, S. Africa, which is in a Santonian/Campanian marine siliciclastic in the Mzamba Formation of South Africa.
- Pelecodiscus amapondensis: Its type locality is Mouth of Mzamba Estuary (Transvaal Museum collection), which is in a Santonian/Campanian marine siliciclastic in the Mzamba Formation of South Africa.
- Pelecodiscus capensis: Its type locality is Mouth of Mzamba Estuary (Transvaal Museum collection), which is in a Santonian/Campanian marine siliciclastic in the Mzamba Formation of South Africa.
- Pelecodiscus umzambiensis: Its type locality is Mouth of Mzamba Estuary (Transvaal Museum collection), which is in a Santonian/Campanian marine siliciclastic in the Mzamba Formation of South Africa.
- Spheniscoceras africanum: Its type locality is Mouth of Mzamba Estuary (BMNH collection), which is in a Santonian/Campanian marine siliciclastic in the Mzamba Formation of South Africa.
- Spheniscoceras minor: Its type locality is Mouth of Mzamba Estuary (BMNH collection), which is in a Santonian/Campanian marine siliciclastic in the Mzamba Formation of South Africa.
- Spheniscoceras tenue: Its type locality is Mouth of Mzamba Estuary (BMNH collection), which is in a Santonian/Campanian marine siliciclastic in the Mzamba Formation of South Africa.
Ecology: fast-moving nektonic carnivore
Average measurements (in mm): shell diameter 112.0
Distribution:
• Cretaceous of France (2 collections), South Africa (6), Venezuela (1)
Total: 9 collections including 14 occurrences
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