Vascoceras globosum Reyment 1954

Cephalopoda - Ammonitida - Vascoceratidae

Alternative combination: Pachyvascoceras globosum

Full reference: R. A. Reyment. 1954. Some new Upper Cretaceous ammonites from Nigeria. Colonial Geology and Mineral Resources 4(3):248-270

Belongs to Vascoceras according to A. S. Gale et al. 2005

See also Barber 1957, Kennedy et al. 1987 and Reyment 1954

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 harttii, Vascoceras kossmati, Vascoceras obscurum, Vascoceras polygonum, Vascoceras proprium, Vascoceras robustum, Vascoceras silvanense, Vascoceras simplex, Vascoceras venezolanum, Paravascoceras tectiforme, Paravascoceras angermanni, Paravascoceras carteri, Paravascoceras obessum, Nannovascoceras intermedium

Subtaxa: Vascoceras globosum plenum

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Type specimen: BMNH C.47408, a shell. Its type locality is Gombe, lower horizon, which is in a Cenomanian/Turonian carbonate limestone in Nigeria.

Distribution:

• Cretaceous of Brazil (2 collections), Nigeria (10)

Total: 12 collections each including a single occurrence

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