Cephalopoda - Ammonitida - Sphenodiscidae
Alternative combination: Manambolites dandensis
Full reference: M. K. Howarth. 1965. Cretaceous ammonites and nautiloids from Angola. Bulletin of the British Museum (Natural History) Geology 10(10):337-412
Belongs to Libycoceras according to P. M. P. Zaborski 1982
See also Howarth 1965
Sister taxa: Libycoceras acutodorsatus, Libycoceras afikpoense, Libycoceras crossense, Libycoceras ismaelis
Type specimen: BMNH C. 41474, a shell. Its type locality is Barra do Dande, Benguela basin, which is in a Campanian marine horizon in Angola.
Ecology: fast-moving nektonic carnivore
Distribution:
• Cretaceous of Angola (1 collection), Nigeria (1)
Total: 2 collections each including a single occurrence
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