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 angermanni, Paravascoceras obessum, Paravascoceras tectiforme, Paravascoceras carteri, Nannovascoceras intermedium
Type specimens:
- Vascoceras glabrum: BMNH C.47703, a shell
- Nigericeras costatum:
Ecology: fast-moving nektonic carnivore
Distribution:
• Cretaceous of Algeria (2 collections), Niger (1), Nigeria (6)
Total: 9 collections including 12 occurrences
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