Texanites angolanus Haas 1942 (ammonite)

Cephalopoda - Ammonitida - Collignoniceratidae

Full reference: O. Haas. 1942. Some Upper Cretaceous ammonites from Angola. American Museum Novitates 1182:1-24

Belongs to Texanites according to O. Haas 1942

Sister taxa: Barroisiceras (Texanites) dentatocarinatum, Texanites (Plesiotexanites), Texanites (Texanites), Texanites dichotomus, Texanites hourcqi, Texanites kawasakii, Texanites quattuornodosus, Texanites venustus

Type specimen: AMNH 25193, a shell. Its type locality is Loc. 3095, Cabiri (Santonian), which is in a Santonian marine horizon in Angola.

Ecology: fast-moving nektonic carnivore

Average measurements (in mm): shell diameter 300.0

Distribution: found only at Loc. 3095, Cabiri (Santonian)

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