Cephalopoda - Ammonitida - Vascoceratidae
Alternative combinations: Ammonites durandi, Pachydiscus durandi, Vascoceras (Pachyvascoceras) durandi
Synonym: Vascoceras douvillei Choffat 1898
Belongs to Vascoceras according to W. Ayoub-Hannaa and F. T. Fürsich 2012
See also Barroso-Barcenilla and Goy 2010, Chancellor et al. 1994, Faraud 1940 and Kennedy and Simmons 1991
Sister taxa: Vascoceras amieirense, Vascoceras barcoicense, Vascoceras birchbyi, Vascoceras bulbosum, Vascoceras cauvini, Vascoceras charoni, Vascoceras depressum, 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, Nannovascoceras intermedium, Paravascoceras tectiforme, Paravascoceras obessum, Paravascoceras angermanni, Paravascoceras carteri
Ecology: fast-moving nektonic carnivore
Average measurements (in mm): shell diameter 106.9
Distribution:
• Cretaceous of Egypt (7 collections), France (2), Oman (1), Spain (3), Tunisia (4)
Total: 17 collections each including a single occurrence
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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