Libycoceras dandense Howarth 1965 (ammonite)

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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