Cephalopoda - Ammonitida - Vascoceratidae
Alternative combinations: Paravascoceras cauvini, Vascoceras (Paravascoceras) cauvini
Synonyms: Broggiiceras humboldti Benavides-Caceres 1956, Broggiiceras olssoni Benavides-Caceres 1956, Paravascoceras chevalieri Furon 1935, Paravascoceras crassum Furon 1935, Paravascoceras rumeaui Collignon 1957, Vascoceras (Pachyvascoceras) crassum Furon 1935, Vascoceras (Paracanthoceras) chevalieri Furon 1935, Vascoceras (Paravascoceras) chevalieri Furon 1935
Belongs to Vascoceras according to M. L. Guendouz et al. 2022
See also Aly et al. 2008, Barber 1957, Barroso-Barcenilla and Goy 2010, Benavides-Caceres 1956, Chancellor 1982, Cooper 1978, Meister 1989, Meister et al. 1992 and Reyment 1955
Sister taxa: Vascoceras amieirense, Vascoceras barcoicense, Vascoceras birchbyi, Vascoceras bulbosum, 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 simplex, Vascoceras venezolanum, Paravascoceras angermanni, Paravascoceras obessum, Paravascoceras tectiforme, Paravascoceras carteri, Nannovascoceras intermedium
Subtaxa: Paravascoceras cauvini evoluta
Ecology: fast-moving nektonic carnivore
Average measurements (in mm): shell diameter 67.3
Distribution:
• Cretaceous of Algeria (13 collections), Angola (1), Egypt (6), Jordan (3), Niger (2), Nigeria (8), Peru (1), Spain (1), United States (1: Texas)
Total: 36 collections including 37 occurrences
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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