Vascoceras simplex Barber 1957 (ammonite)

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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