Cephalopoda - Ammonitida - Pseudotissotiidae
Alternative combinations: Bauchioceras nigeriense, Bauchioceras nigeriensis, Hoplitoides nigeriensis, Pseudotissotia (Bauchioceras) nigeriensis, Thomasites nigeriensis
Synonyms: Bauchioceras gabonense Lombard 1930, Pseudotissotia gabonensis Lombard 1930
Full reference: H. Woods. 1911. The palaeontology of the Upper Cretaceous deposits of northern Nigeria. The Geology and Geography of Northern Nigeria 273-286
Belongs to Pseudotissotia according to A. S. Gale et al. 2005
See also Barber 1957, Chancellor 1982, Lombard 1930, Meister 1989, Meister et al. 1994, Meister et al. 1992, Meister et al. 2003, Reyment 1954, Reyment 1955 and Woods 1911
Sister taxa: Pseudotissotia (Pseudotissotia), Pseudotissotia galliennei
Subtaxa: Pseudotissotia (Bauchioceras) nigeriensis bicarinata Pseudotissotia (Bauchioceras) nigeriensis macrocarinata Pseudotissotia (Bauchioceras) nigeriensis tabulata Pseudotissotia (Bauchioceras) nigeriensis tricarinata
Ecology: fast-moving nektonic carnivore
Average measurements (in mm): shell diameter 115.6
Distribution:
• Cretaceous of Brazil (2 collections), Gabon (3), Niger (4), Nigeria (19)
Total: 28 collections including 29 occurrences
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