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
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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