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, Nannovascoceras intermedium, Paravascoceras obessum, Paravascoceras angermanni, Paravascoceras carteri, Paravascoceras tectiforme
Subtaxa: Vascoceras globosum plenum
Type specimen: BMNH C.47408, a shell
Ecology: fast-moving nektonic carnivore
Distribution:
• Cretaceous of Brazil (2 collections), Nigeria (10)
Total: 12 collections each including a single occurrence
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