†Hoplitoides crassicostatus Reyment 1955 (ammonite)
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Cephalopoda - Ammonitida - Coilopoceratidae
Full reference: R. A. Reyment. 1955. The Cretaceous Ammonoidea of southern Nigeria and the southern Cameroons. Geological Survey of Nigeria Bulletin 25:1-112
Belongs to Hoplitoides according to R. A. Reyment 1955
Sister taxa: Hoplitoides gibbosulus, Hoplitoides ingens, Hoplitoides koeneni, Hoplitoides latefundatus, Hoplitoides latesellatus, Hoplitoides mirabilis, Hoplitoides sandovalensis, Hoplitoides solgeri, Hoplitoides wohltmanni
Type specimen: BMNH C.47381, a shell
Ecology: fast-moving nektonic carnivore
Distribution: found only at Wadatta, near Makurdi (Cretaceous of Nigeria)
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