†Libycoceras afikpoense Reyment 1955 (ammonite)
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Cephalopoda - Ammonitida - Sphenodiscidae
Full reference: R. A. Reyment. 1955. The Cretaceous Ammonoidea of southern Nigeria and the southern Cameroons. Geological Survey of Nigeria Bulletin 25:1-112
Belongs to Libycoceras according to P. M. P. Zaborski 1982
See also Reyment 1955
Sister taxa: Libycoceras acutodorsatus, Libycoceras crossense, Libycoceras dandense, Libycoceras ismaelis
Type specimen: BMNH C.47403, a shell
Ecology: fast-moving nektonic carnivore
Average measurements (in mm): shell diameter 66.5
Distribution:
• Cretaceous of Nigeria (4 collections)
Total: 4 collections each including a single occurrence
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