Pseudovascoceras nigeriense Woods 1911 (ammonite)

Cephalopoda - Ammonitida - Acanthoceratidae

Alternative combinations: Paravascoceras nigeriensis, Vascoceras nigeriense, Vascoceras nigeriensis

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 Pseudovascoceras according to A. S. Gale et al. 2005

See also Barber 1957, Meister 1989, Meister et al. 1992, Reyment 1954 and Woods 1911

Sister taxa: none

Type specimen: Its type locality is Reme (Falconer collection), which is in a Turonian marine horizon in Nigeria

Ecology: fast-moving nektonic carnivore

Distribution:

• Cretaceous of Brazil (1 collection), Nigeria (12)

Total: 13 collections each including a single occurrence

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