Cephalopoda - Ammonitida - Brancoceratidae
Full reference: G. C. Crick. 1922. Taxonomic names, in On Cretaceous Ammonoidea from Angola, collected by Professor J. W. Gregory, D.Sc., F.R.S. Transactions of the Royal Society of Edinburgh 53:96-160
Belongs to Elobiceras according to R. A. Reyment 1955
See also Crick 1922 and Haas 1942
Sister taxa: Elobiceras angustum, Elobiceras bahiaense, Elobiceras browni, Elobiceras densicostatum, Elobiceras elobiensis, Elobiceras flexicostatum, Elobiceras hexagonum, Elobiceras intermedium, Elobiceras irregulare, Elobiceras newtoni, Elobiceras oxytropidoceratoides, Elobiceras primordiale, Elobiceras raymondi, Elobiceras spathianum, Elobiceras subelobiense, Elobiceras szajnochai
Type specimen: BMNH C.20038, a shell. Its type locality is Locality 292, Canyon E. of Old Lobito, which is in an Albian carbonate limestone in Angola.
Ecology: fast-moving nektonic carnivore
Distribution:
• Cretaceous of Angola (2 collections), Nigeria (3)
Total: 5 collections each including a single occurrence
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