Elobiceras irregulare Spath 1922 (ammonite)

Cephalopoda - Ammonitida - Brancoceratidae

Alternative combination: Inflaticeras irregulare

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 Elobiceras according to O. Haas 1942

Sister taxa: Elobiceras angustum, Elobiceras bahiaense, Elobiceras browni, Elobiceras densicostatum, Elobiceras elobiensis, Elobiceras flexicostatum, Elobiceras hexagonum, Elobiceras intermedium, Elobiceras lobitoense, Elobiceras newtoni, Elobiceras oxytropidoceratoides, Elobiceras primordiale, Elobiceras raymondi, Elobiceras spathianum, Elobiceras subelobiense, Elobiceras szajnochai

Type specimen: BMNH C.20055, a shell. Its type locality is Locality 1, Shore at Old Lobito, which is in an Albian carbonate limestone in Angola.

Ecology: fast-moving nektonic carnivore

Distribution: found only at Hanha, near Lobito (Vernay collection)

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