Cephalopoda - Ammonitida - Acanthoceratidae
Alternative combination: Vascoceras tavense
Full reference: M. Faraud. 1940. Le genre Vascoceras dans le Turonien du Gard. Bulletin de la Société d'Étude des Sciences Naturelles de Vaucluse 3:40-57
Belongs to Spathites (Jeanrogericeras) according to W. J. Kennedy and A. S. Gale 2016
See also Barroso-Barcenilla 2007, Faraud 1940, Kennedy 1994 and Meister et al. 1992
Sister taxa: Spathites (Jeanrogericeras) combesi, Spathites (Jeanrogericeras) obliquus, Spathites (Jeanrogericeras) pachycostatus, Spathites (Jeanrogericeras) postsaenzi, Spathites (Jeanrogericeras) reveliereanus, Spathites (Jeanrogericeras) robustus, Spathites (Jeanrogericeras) saenzi, Spathites (Jeanrogericeras) subconciliatus
Ecology: fast-moving nektonic carnivore
Average measurements (in mm): shell diameter 78.0
Distribution:
• Cretaceous of France (3 collections), Spain (1)
Total: 4 collections each including a single occurrence
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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