Vascoceras gamai Choffat 1898 (ammonite)

Cephalopoda - Ammonitida - Vascoceratidae

Alternative combination: Vascoceras garnai

Synonyms: Vascoceras adonensis Choffat 1898, Vascoceras grossouvrei Choffat 1898, Vascoceras mundae Choffat 1898

Full reference: P. Choffat. 1898. Les ammonées du Bellasien, des couches à Neolobites vibrayeanus, du Turonien et du Sénonien. In: Recueil d'Études Paléontologiques sur la Faune Crétacique du Portugal, Mémoires de la Commission du Servicos Geológicos de Portugal série 2(1):41-86

Belongs to Vascoceras according to M. L. Guendouz et al. 2022

See also Barroso-Barcenilla and Goy 2010, Chancellor 1982, Choffat 1898, Gale et al. 2005, Ifrim and Stinnesbeck 2007, Kassab et al. 2001 and Kennedy and Simmons 1991

Sister taxa: Vascoceras amieirense, Vascoceras barcoicense, Vascoceras birchbyi, Vascoceras bulbosum, Vascoceras cauvini, Vascoceras charoni, Vascoceras depressum, Vascoceras durandi, Vascoceras ellipticum, Vascoceras glabrum, Vascoceras globosum, Vascoceras harttii, Vascoceras kossmati, Vascoceras obscurum, Vascoceras polygonum, Vascoceras proprium, Vascoceras robustum, Vascoceras silvanense, Vascoceras simplex, Vascoceras venezolanum, Paravascoceras angermanni, Paravascoceras obessum, Paravascoceras tectiforme, Paravascoceras carteri, Nannovascoceras intermedium

Ecology: fast-moving nektonic carnivore

Distribution:

• Cretaceous of Algeria (13 collections), Brazil (2), Egypt (3), Mexico (1), Spain (2), Tunisia (1), United States (3: New Mexico)

Total: 25 collections each including a single occurrence

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