Cephalopoda - Ammonitida - Brancoceratidae
Full reference: L. F. Spath. 1922. On Cretaceous Ammonoidea from Angola, collected by Professor J. W. Gregory, D.Sc., F.R.S. Transactions of the Royal Society of Edinburgh 53:91-160
Belongs to Hysteroceras according to O. Renz 1982
See also Förster 1975 and Haas 1942
Sister taxa: Hysteroceras andinum, Hysteroceras antipodeum, Hysteroceras binum, Hysteroceras bucklandi, Hysteroceras capricornu, Hysteroceras choffati, Hysteroceras falcicostatum, Hysteroceras intermedium, Hysteroceras multifalcatum, Hysteroceras ootaturense, Hysteroceras orbignyi, Hysteroceras propinquum, Hysteroceras semileve, Hysteroceras subbinum, Hysteroceras varicosum, Petinoceras recuperator, Komeceras acuticostatum, Terascosceras cariniferum
Subtaxa: Hysteroceras carinatum exigua Hysteroceras carinatum robustecostata
Ecology: fast-moving nektonic carnivore
Average measurements (in mm): shell diameter 17.6
Distribution:
• Cretaceous of France (4 collections), Madagascar (1), Mozambique (1), Venezuela (2)
Total: 8 collections each including a single occurrence
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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