Cephalopoda - Ammonitida - Diplomoceratidae
Full reference: O. Haas. 1943. Some abnormally coiled ammonites from the Upper Cretaceous of Angola. American Museum Novitates 1222:1-17
Belongs to Solenoceras according to P. M. P. Zaborski 1990
See also Haas 1943
Sister taxa: Solenoceras (Solenoceras), Solenoceras annulifer, Solenoceras bearpawense, Solenoceras elegans, Solenoceras larimerense, Solenoceras reesidei, Solenoceras solanoense, Solenoceras texanum
Type specimen: AMNH 26564, a shell. Its type locality is Loc. 2073, near Bembe [Teba Fm], which is in a Turonian/Santonian marine horizon in the Teba Formation of Angola.
Ecology: fast-moving nektonic carnivore
Distribution:
• Cretaceous of Angola (2 collections), Nigeria (1)
Total: 3 collections each including a single occurrence
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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