Cephalopoda - Ammonitida - Vascoceratidae
Alternative combination: Ammonites catinus
Synonyms: Fagesia californica Anderson 1931, Fagesia haarmanni Böse 1918, Fagesia shastensis Anderson 1931, Plesiovascoceras californicum Anderson 1931, Plesiovascoceras thomi Reeside 1923, Vascoceras (Pachyvascoceras) bernonense Faraud 1940, Vascoceras moultoni Reeside 1923, Vascoceras shastense Anderson 1931, Vascoceras stantoni Reeside 1923, Vascoceras thomi Reeside 1923
Belongs to Fagesia according to F. Barroso-Barcenilla and A. Goy 2009
See also Anderson 1931, Anderson 1958, Chancellor 1982, Faraud 1940, Ifrim and Stinnesbeck 2007, Kennedy 1994, Kennedy and Simmons 1991, Kennedy et al. 1987, Matsumoto 1959, Meister 1989 and Renz 1982
Sister taxa: Ammonites boucheroni, Fagesia fleuryi, Fagesia involuta, Fagesia mortzestus, Fagesia pachydiscoides, Fagesia peroni, Fagesia pervinquieri, Fagesia rudra, Fagesia siskiyouensis, Fagesia superstes, Fagesia tevesthensis
Type specimens:
- Fagesia catinus: BMNH C3379, a shell
- Fagesia californica: CAS 5496.
- Fagesia haarmanni:
- Fagesia shastensis: CAS 4690, a shell. Its type locality is Middle fork of Cottonwood Creek, which is in a Turonian marine siliciclastic in the Budden Canyon Formation of California.
- Vascoceras (Pachyvascoceras) bernonense:
- Vascoceras moultoni:
- Vascoceras stantoni:
- Vascoceras thomi:
Average measurements (in mm): shell diameter 201.6
Distribution:
• Cretaceous of Egypt (6 collections), France (3), Mexico (2), Nigeria (3), Oman (1), Spain (2), United States (9: Arizona, California, Colorado, Oregon, Texas), Venezuela (1)
Total: 27 collections including 29 occurrences
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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