Oxytropidoceras (Venezoliceras) umsinenense van Hoepen 1931

Cephalopoda - Ammonitida - Mojsisovicsiidae

Alternative combination: Lophoceras umsinenense

Belongs to Oxytropidoceras (Venezoliceras) according to W. J. Kennedy and H. C. Klinger 2011

Sister taxa: Oxytropidoceras (Venezoliceras) bituberculatum, Oxytropidoceras (Venezoliceras) karsteni, Oxytropidoceras (Venezoliceras) madagascariense, Oxytropidoceras (Venezoliceras) venezolanum

Type specimen: SAM-PCZ19190, a shell. Its type locality is Umsinene river, north of Hluhluwe, which is in an Albian marine siltstone in the Mzinene Formation of South Africa.

Average measurements (in mm): shell diameter 169.4

Distribution:

• Cretaceous of South Africa (6 collections)

Total: 6 collections each including a single occurrence

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