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
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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