Cephalopoda - Ammonitida - Acanthoceratidae
Full reference: C. Meister, K. Alzouma, J. Lang and B. Mathey. 1992. Les ammonites du Niger (Afrique occidentale) et la transgression Transsaharienne au cours du Cénomanien-Turonien. Geobios 25:55-100
Belongs to Pseudaspidoceras according to C. Meister et al. 1992
Sister taxa: Pseudaspidoceras armatum, Pseudaspidoceras barberi, Pseudaspidoceras conciliatum, Pseudaspidoceras curvicostatum, Pseudaspidoceras flexuosum, Pseudaspidoceras footeanum, Pseudaspidoceras paganum, Pseudaspidoceras pseudonodosoides, Pseudaspidoceras reesidei
Type specimen: MNHG 56623, a shell. Its type locality is Monts Iguelela, bed 22, which is in a Turonian marine limestone in Niger.
Ecology: fast-moving nektonic carnivore
Distribution:
• Cretaceous of Niger (4 collections)
Total: 4 collections each including a single occurrence
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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