Cephalopoda - Ammonitida - Vascoceratidae
Full reference: O. Renz. 1982. The Cretaceous ammonites of Venezuela 1-132
Belongs to Vascoceras according to O. Renz 1982
See also Zaborski 1990
Sister taxa: Vascoceras amieirense, Vascoceras barcoicense, Vascoceras birchbyi, Vascoceras bulbosum, Vascoceras cauvini, Vascoceras charoni, Vascoceras depressum, Vascoceras durandi, Vascoceras ellipticum, Vascoceras gamai, Vascoceras glabrum, Vascoceras globosum, Vascoceras harttii, Vascoceras kossmati, Vascoceras obscurum, Vascoceras polygonum, Vascoceras proprium, Vascoceras robustum, Vascoceras silvanense, Vascoceras simplex, Paravascoceras angermanni, Paravascoceras carteri, Paravascoceras obessum, Paravascoceras tectiforme, Nannovascoceras intermedium
Type specimen: Re6799-20, a shell. Its type locality is Assemblage 1, La Morita [Chejendé Mbr, La Luna Fm], which is in a Turonian marine siliciclastic in the La Luna Formation of Venezuela.
Ecology: fast-moving nektonic carnivore
Distribution:
• Cretaceous of Nigeria (1 collection), Venezuela (1)
Total: 2 collections each including a single occurrence
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