Cephalopoda - Ammonitida - Brancoceratidae
Full reference: L. F. Spath. 1922. On Cretaceous Ammonoidea from Angola, collected by Professor J. W. Gregory, D.Sc., F.R.S. Transactions of the Royal Society of Edinburgh 53:91-160
Parent taxon: Mortoniceratinae according to C. W. Wright et al. 1996
See also Haas 1942 and Sepkoski 2002
Sister taxa: Algericeras, Arestoceras, Euhystrichoceras, Goodhallites, Mortoniceras, Neoharpoceras, Pervinquieria, Prohysteroceras
Subtaxa: Elobiceras angustum Elobiceras bahiaense Elobiceras browni Elobiceras densicostatum Elobiceras elobiensis Elobiceras flexicostatum Elobiceras hexagonum Elobiceras intermedium Elobiceras irregulare Elobiceras lobitoense Elobiceras newtoni Elobiceras oxytropidoceratoides Elobiceras primordiale Elobiceras raymondi Elobiceras spathianum Elobiceras subelobiense Elobiceras szajnochai
Ecology: fast-moving nektonic carnivore
Distribution:
• Cretaceous of Algeria (1 collection), Angola (10), Brazil (1), Equatorial Guinea (1), Nigeria (10)
Total: 23 collections including 46 occurrences
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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