Cephalopoda - Ammonitida - Acanthoceratidae
Full reference: R. A. Reyment. 1954. New Turonian (Cretaceous) ammonite genera from Nigeria. Colonial Geology and Mineral Resources 4(2):149-164
Belongs to Benueites according to R. A. Reyment 1958
See also Reyment 1954 and Reyment 1955
Sister taxa: Benueites mosquerae, Benueites reymenti, Benueites trinidadensis
Type specimen: BMNH C.47391, a shell. Its type locality is Wadatta, near Makurdi, which is in a Turonian carbonate limestone in the Mungo River Formation of Nigeria.
Ecology: fast-moving nektonic carnivore
Average measurements (in mm): shell diameter 43.0
Distribution:
• Cretaceous of Cameroon (1 collection), Nigeria (1), Venezuela (1)
Total: 3 collections each including a single occurrence
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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