Cephalopoda - Ammonitida - Vascoceratidae
Alternative combination: Paravascoceras costatum tectiforme
Full reference: W. Barber. 1957. Lower Turonian ammonites from north-eastern Nigeria. Geological Survey of Nigeria Bulletin 26:1-87
Belongs to Paravascoceras according to C. Meister 1989
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 simplex, Vascoceras venezolanum, Nannovascoceras intermedium, Paravascoceras obessum, Paravascoceras angermanni, Paravascoceras carteri
Type specimen: BMNH C.47724, a shell. Its type locality is Pindiga, bed 7, which is in a Turonian carbonate limestone in the Pindiga Formation of Nigeria.
Ecology: fast-moving nektonic carnivore
Distribution:
• Cretaceous of Nigeria (7 collections)
Total: 7 collections each including a single occurrence
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