Neokentroceras Spath 1921 (ammonite)

Cephalopoda - Ammonitida - Brancoceratidae

Alternative spelling: Neokentoceras

Full reference: L. F. Spath. 1921. On Cretaceous Cephalopoda from Zululand. Annals of the South African Museum 12:217-321

Parent taxon: Brancoceratinae according to M. K. Howarth 1965

See also Haas 1942, Sepkoski 2002 and Wright et al. 1996

Sister taxa: Brancoceras, Cantabrigites, Erioliceras, Hysteroceras, Parabrancoceras

Subtaxa: Neokentroceras costatum Neokentroceras crassicostatum Neokentroceras curvicornu Neokentroceras gracillimum Neokentroceras magnum Neokentroceras pseudogracillimum Neokentroceras pseudovaricosum Neokentroceras singulare Neokentroceras subtuberculatum Neokentroceras trituberculatum

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Type: Neokentroceras curvicornu

Ecology: fast-moving nektonic carnivore

Distribution:

• Cretaceous of Angola (11 collections), Madagascar (1), Nigeria (3)

Total: 15 collections including 32 occurrences

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