Cephalopoda - Ammonitida - Vascoceratidae
Synonyms: Broggiiceras Benavides-Caceres 1956, Greenhornoceras Cobban and Scott 1972, Nannovascoceras Renz and Alvarez 1979, Pachyvascoceras Furon 1935, Paracanthoceras Furon 1935, Paravascoceras Furon 1935, Provascoceras Cooper 1979, Vascoceras (Greenhornoceras) Cobban and Scott 1972, Vascoceras (Pachyvascoceras) Furon 1935, Vascoceras (Paracanthoceras) Furon 1935, Vascoceras (Paravascoceras) Furon 1935
Parent taxon: Vascoceratinae according to M. L. Guendouz et al. 2022
See also Aly et al. 2008, Barber 1957, Barroso-Barcenilla and Goy 2010, Benavides-Caceres 1956, Chancellor 1982, Chancellor et al. 1994, Cooper 1978, Faraud 1940, Gale et al. 2005, Howarth 1985, Ifrim and Stinnesbeck 2007, Kennedy et al. 2008, Kennedy and Simmons 1991, Kennedy et al. 1987, Meister 1989, Meister et al. 1994, Meister et al. 1992, Renz 1982, Reyment 1954, Sepkoski 2002 and Wright et al. 1996
Sister taxa: Fagesia, Infabricaticeras, Neoptychites
Subtaxa: Nannovascoceras intermedium Paravascoceras angermanni Paravascoceras carteri Paravascoceras obessum Paravascoceras tectiforme Vascoceras amieirense Vascoceras barcoicense Vascoceras birchbyi Vascoceras bulbosum Vascoceras cauvini Vascoceras charoni Vascoceras depressum Vascoceras durandi Vascoceras ellipticum Vascoceras gamai Vascoceras glabrum Vascoceras globosum Vascoceras harttii Vascoceras kossmati Vascoceras obscurum Vascoceras polygonum Vascoceras proprium Vascoceras robustum Vascoceras silvanense Vascoceras simplex Vascoceras venezolanum
Type: Vascoceras gamai
Ecology: fast-moving nektonic carnivore
Distribution:
• Cretaceous of Algeria (16 collections), Angola (3), Brazil (5), Colombia (2), Egypt (18), France (3), Jordan (7), Mexico (7), Morocco (1), Niger (5), Nigeria (31), Oman (1), Peru (2), Spain (10), Tunisia (7), United States (21: Arizona, Colorado, New Mexico, Texas), Venezuela (5)
Total: 144 collections including 243 occurrences
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