Cephalopoda - Ammonitida - Vascoceratidae

Alternative combinations: Pachyvascoceras proprium, Vascoceras globosum proprium

Synonyms: Pachyvascoceras compressum Barber 1957, Pachyvascoceras costatum Reyment 1954, Paravascoceras compressum Barber 1957, Paravascoceras costatum Reyment 1954, Vascoceras globosum compressum Barber 1957

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 M. F. Aly et al. 2008

See also Barber 1957, Chancellor 1982, Cooper 2003, Kennedy et al. 1987, Reyment 1954 and Reyment 1955

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 robustum, Vascoceras silvanense, Vascoceras simplex, Vascoceras venezolanum, Nannovascoceras intermedium, Paravascoceras angermanni, Paravascoceras obessum, Paravascoceras carteri, Paravascoceras tectiforme

Subtaxa: Paravascoceras costatum multicostatum Paravascoceras costatum quadratum

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Type specimens:

• Vascoceras proprium: BMNH C.47302, a shell. Its type locality is Gulani (Reyment collection), which is in a Turonian carbonate limestone in Nigeria.
• Paravascoceras compressum: BMNH C.47646, a shell.
• Paravascoceras costatum: BMNH C.47399, a shell.

Average measurements (in mm): shell diameter 67.1

Distribution:

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