Cephalopoda - Ammonitida - Brancoceratidae

Synonym: Neokentroceras speciosum Haas 1942

Full reference: L. F. Spath. 1922. On Cretaceous Ammonoidea from Angola, collected by Professor J. W. Gregory, D.Sc., F.R.S. Transactions of the Royal Society of Edinburgh 53:91-160

Belongs to Neokentroceras according to M. K. Howarth 1965

See also Haas 1942, Reyment 1955 and Spath 1922

Sister taxa: Neokentroceras costatum, Neokentroceras crassicostatum, Neokentroceras gracillimum, Neokentroceras magnum, Neokentroceras pseudogracillimum, Neokentroceras pseudovaricosum, Neokentroceras singulare, Neokentroceras subtuberculatum, Neokentroceras trituberculatum

Subtaxa: Neokentroceras curvicornu crassicornutum Neokentroceras speciosum rudis

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Type specimens:

• Neokentroceras curvicornu: BMNH C.20116, a shell. Its type locality is Locality 295, shore at landing-place near Hanha, which is in an Albian carbonate limestone in Angola.
• Neokentroceras speciosum:

Ecology: fast-moving nektonic carnivore

Average measurements (in mm): shell diameter 26.5

Distribution:

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