Cephalopoda - Ammonitida - Brancoceratidae
Alternative combinations: Elobiceras elobiense, Schloenbachia elobiensis
Full reference: L. Szajnocha. 1885. Zur kenntniss der mittelcretacischen cephalopoden-fauna der inseln Elobi an der westküste Afrika's. Denkschriften der Kaiserlichen Akademie der Wissenschafte, Mathematisch-Naturwissenschaftliche Classe 49:231-238
Belongs to Elobiceras according to R. A. Reyment 1955
See also Choffat 1888, Choffat 1905, Haas 1942 and Szajnocha 1885
Sister taxa: Elobiceras angustum, Elobiceras bahiaense, Elobiceras browni, Elobiceras densicostatum, Elobiceras flexicostatum, Elobiceras hexagonum, Elobiceras intermedium, Elobiceras irregulare, Elobiceras lobitoense, Elobiceras newtoni, Elobiceras oxytropidoceratoides, Elobiceras primordiale, Elobiceras raymondi, Elobiceras spathianum, Elobiceras subelobiense, Elobiceras szajnochai
Type specimen: Its type locality is Inseln Elobi, which is in an Albian marine sandstone in Equatorial Guinea
Ecology: fast-moving nektonic carnivore
Distribution:
• Cretaceous of Angola (1 collection), Equatorial Guinea (1)
Total: 2 collections each including a single occurrence
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