Cephalopoda - Ammonitida - Vascoceratidae
Alternative combination: Olcostephanus superstes
Belongs to Fagesia according to F. Barroso-Barcenilla and A. Goy 2009
See also Chancellor 1982, Cobban and Hook 1983, Ifrim and Stinnesbeck 2007, Kennedy 1994, Kennedy and Simmons 1991, Kennedy et al. 1987, Meister 1989 and Renz 1982
Sister taxa: Ammonites boucheroni, Fagesia catinus, Fagesia fleuryi, Fagesia involuta, Fagesia mortzestus, Fagesia pachydiscoides, Fagesia peroni, Fagesia pervinquieri, Fagesia rudra, Fagesia siskiyouensis, Fagesia tevesthensis
Ecology: fast-moving nektonic carnivore
Average measurements (in mm): shell diameter 132.6
Distribution:
• Cretaceous of Brazil (1 collection), Spain (1), Tunisia (4), United States (1: New Mexico), Venezuela (1)
Total: 8 collections each including a single occurrence
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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