Vascoceras glabrum Barber 1957

Cephalopoda - Ammonitida - Vascoceratidae

Alternative combinations: Nigericeras glabrum, Vascoceras costatum glabrum

Synonyms: Nigericeras costatum Barber 1957, Vascoceras costatum Barber 1957

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 C. Meister et al. 1994

See also Barber 1957 and Meister 1989

Sister taxa: Vascoceras amieirense, Vascoceras barcoicense, Vascoceras birchbyi, Vascoceras bulbosum, Vascoceras cauvini, Vascoceras charoni, Vascoceras depressum, Vascoceras durandi, Vascoceras ellipticum, Vascoceras gamai, Vascoceras globosum, Vascoceras harttii, Vascoceras kossmati, Vascoceras obscurum, Vascoceras polygonum, Vascoceras proprium, Vascoceras robustum, Vascoceras silvanense, Vascoceras simplex, Vascoceras venezolanum, Paravascoceras tectiforme, Paravascoceras angermanni, Paravascoceras carteri, Paravascoceras obessum, Nannovascoceras intermedium

Type specimens:

  • Vascoceras glabrum: BMNH C.47703, a shell
  • Nigericeras costatum:

Distribution:

• Cretaceous of Algeria (2 collections), Niger (1), Nigeria (6)

Total: 9 collections including 12 occurrences

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