Cephalopoda - Ammonitida - Acanthoceratidae
Full reference: R. A. Reyment. 1954. Some new Upper Cretaceous ammonites from Nigeria. Colonial Geology and Mineral Resources 4(3):248-270
Belongs to Pseudaspidoceras according to C. Meister et al. 2003
See also Barber 1957, Chancellor 1982, Meister 1989 and Reyment 1954
Sister taxa: Pseudaspidoceras armatum, Pseudaspidoceras barberi, Pseudaspidoceras conciliatum, Pseudaspidoceras curvicostatum, Pseudaspidoceras flexuosum, Pseudaspidoceras footeanum, Pseudaspidoceras pseudonodosoides, Pseudaspidoceras reesidei, Pseudaspidoceras tassaraensis
Type specimen: BMNH C.47422, a shell. Its type locality is Pindiga, Bauchi Province, which is in a Turonian marine horizon in Nigeria.
Ecology: fast-moving nektonic carnivore
Distribution:
• Cretaceous of Gabon (2 collections), Nigeria (7)
Total: 9 collections each including a single occurrence
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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