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 W. 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 proprium, Vascoceras robustum, Vascoceras silvanense, Vascoceras simplex, Vascoceras venezolanum, Paravascoceras angermanni, Paravascoceras obessum, Paravascoceras tectiforme, Paravascoceras carteri, Nannovascoceras intermedium
Type specimen: BMNH C.47636, 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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