Vascoceras obscurum Barber 1957 (ammonite)

Cephalopoda - Ammonitida - Vascoceratidae

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 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 polygonum, Vascoceras proprium, Vascoceras robustum, Vascoceras silvanense, Vascoceras simplex, Vascoceras venezolanum, Paravascoceras tectiforme, Paravascoceras angermanni, Paravascoceras carteri, Paravascoceras obessum, Nannovascoceras intermedium

Type specimen: BMNH C.47651, a shell

Ecology: fast-moving nektonic carnivore

Distribution:

• Cretaceous of Nigeria (2 collections)

Total: 2 collections each including a single occurrence

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