Thomasites gongilensis Woods 1911

Cephalopoda - Ammonitida - Pseudotissotiidae

Alternative combinations: Gombeoceras gongilense, Gombeoceras gongilensis, Vascoceras gongilensis

Synonyms: Gombeoceras gongilense subtenue Reyment 1954, Gombeoceras subtenue Reyment 1954

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 Thomasites according to W. J. Kennedy and M. D. Simmons 1991

See also Barber 1957, Meister 1989, Reyment 1954, Reyment 1954, Reyment 1955, Woods 1911 and Zaborski 1987

Sister taxa: Thomasites adkinsi, Thomasites fischeri, Thomasites koulabicus, Thomasites rollandi, Thomasites wallsi

Subtaxa: Gombeoceras gongilense compressum Gombeoceras gongilense costatum Gombeoceras gongilense crassicostatum Gombeoceras gongilense inflatum Gombeoceras gongilense lautum Gombeoceras gongilense tectiforme

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Type specimens:

  • Thomasites gongilensis: Its type locality is Gongila (Falconer collection), which is in a Turonian carbonate limestone in Nigeria
  • Gombeoceras subtenue: BMNH C.47163, a shell. Its type locality is Gongola, Bauchi Province, which is in a Turonian marine horizon in Nigeria.

Distribution:

• Cretaceous of Brazil (1 collection), Nigeria (18), Oman (1), United States (1: Arizona)

Total: 21 collections including 22 occurrences

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