†Coilopoceras discoideum Barber 1957 (ammonite)
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Cephalopoda - Ammonitida - Coilopoceratidae
Full reference: W. Barber. 1957. Lower Turonian ammonites from north-eastern Nigeria. Geological Survey of Nigeria Bulletin 26:1-87
Belongs to Coilopoceras according to W. Barber 1957
Sister taxa: Coilopoceras colleti, Coilopoceras grossouvrei, Coilopoceras hyatti, Coilopoceras inflatum, Coilopoceras jenksi, Coilopoceras newelli, Coilopoceras requienianum, Coilopoceras springeri, Coilopoceras zihoricum
Type specimen: BMNH C.47730, a shell. Its type locality is Reme (Falconer collection), which is in a Turonian marine horizon in Nigeria.
Ecology: fast-moving nektonic carnivore
Distribution: found only at Mona
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