Cephalopoda - Ammonitida - Pseudotissotiidae
Alternative combinations: Bauchioceras (Wrightoceras) wallsi, Pseudotissotia (Wrightoceras) wallsi, Wrightoceras wallsi
Full reference: R. A. Reyment. 1954. New Turonian (Cretaceous) ammonite genera from Nigeria. Colonial Geology and Mineral Resources 4(2):149-164
Belongs to Thomasites according to C. Meister et al. 1994
See also Barber 1957, Chancellor 1982, Kennedy and Simmons 1991, Kennedy et al. 1987, Meister 1989, Reyment 1955 and Zaborski 1987
Sister taxa: Thomasites adkinsi, Thomasites fischeri, Thomasites gongilensis, Thomasites koulabicus, Thomasites rollandi
Type specimen: BMNH C.47417, a shell. Its type locality is Kanawa, which is in a Turonian marine horizon in the Pindiga Formation of Nigeria.
Average measurements (in mm): shell diameter 50.0
Distribution:
• Cretaceous of Niger (1 collection), Nigeria (13)
Total: 14 collections each including a single occurrence
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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