Cephalopoda - Ammonitida - Brancoceratidae
Synonym: Askoloboceras fastigatum Van Hoepen 1944
Belongs to Hysteroceras according to O. Renz 1982
See also Förster 1975, Haas 1942 and Van Hoepen 1944
Sister taxa: Hysteroceras andinum, Hysteroceras antipodeum, Hysteroceras binum, Hysteroceras bucklandi, Hysteroceras capricornu, Hysteroceras carinatum, Hysteroceras falcicostatum, Hysteroceras intermedium, Hysteroceras multifalcatum, Hysteroceras ootaturense, Hysteroceras orbignyi, Hysteroceras propinquum, Hysteroceras semileve, Hysteroceras subbinum, Hysteroceras varicosum, Komeceras acuticostatum, Terascosceras cariniferum, Petinoceras recuperator
Type specimens:
- Hysteroceras choffati: Its type locality is Lobito Bay, which is in an Albian carbonate limestone in the Cabo Ledo Formation of Angola
- Askoloboceras fastigatum:
Ecology: fast-moving nektonic carnivore
Average measurements (in mm): shell diameter 33.0
Distribution:
• Cretaceous of Angola (2 collections), Madagascar (1), Mozambique (2), Venezuela (1)
Total: 6 collections each including a single occurrence
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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