Cephalopoda - Ammonitida - Vascoceratidae
Alternative combination: Fagesia simplex
Full reference: W. Barber. 1957. Lower Turonian ammonites from north-eastern Nigeria. Geological Survey of Nigeria Bulletin 26:1-87
Belongs to Vascoceras according to A. S. Gale et al. 2005
See also Barber 1957
Sister taxa: Vascoceras amieirense, Vascoceras barcoicense, Vascoceras birchbyi, Vascoceras bulbosum, Vascoceras cauvini, Vascoceras charoni, Vascoceras depressum, Vascoceras durandi, Vascoceras ellipticum, Vascoceras gamai, Vascoceras glabrum, Vascoceras globosum, Vascoceras harttii, Vascoceras kossmati, Vascoceras obscurum, Vascoceras polygonum, Vascoceras proprium, Vascoceras robustum, Vascoceras silvanense, Vascoceras venezolanum, Paravascoceras angermanni, Paravascoceras obessum, Paravascoceras tectiforme, Paravascoceras carteri, Nannovascoceras intermedium
Type specimen: BMNH C47621, a shell
Ecology: fast-moving nektonic carnivore
Distribution:
• Cretaceous of Brazil (1 collection), Nigeria (2)
Total: 3 collections each including a single occurrence
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