Cephalopoda - Ammonitida - Vascoceratidae
Alternative combinations: Vascoceras ameirense, Vascoceras ameirensi, Vascoceras amieirensis
Full reference: P. Choffat. 1898. Les ammonées du Bellasien, des couches à Neolobites vibrayeanus, du Turonien et du Sénonien. In: Recueil d'Études Paléontologiques sur la Faune Crétacique du Portugal, Mémoires de la Commission du Servicos Geológicos de Portugal série 2(1):41-86
Belongs to Vascoceras according to F. Barroso-Barcenilla and A. Goy 2010
See also Choffat 1898 and Kummel 1948
Sister taxa: 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, Paravascoceras angermanni, Paravascoceras obessum, Paravascoceras tectiforme, Paravascoceras carteri, Nannovascoceras intermedium
Type specimen: SGP 825, a shell
Ecology: fast-moving nektonic carnivore
Distribution:
• Cretaceous of Peru (1 collection), Spain (1)
Total: 2 collections each including a single occurrence
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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