Cephalopoda - Ammonitida - Brancoceratidae
Full reference: L. F. Spath. 1922. On Cretaceous Ammonoidea from Angola, collected by Professor J. W. Gregory, D.Sc., F.R.S. Transactions of the Royal Society of Edinburgh 53:91-160
Belongs to Prohysteroceras according to O. Haas 1942
See also Spath 1922
Sister taxa: Prohysteroceras angolaense, Prohysteroceras aplanatum, Prohysteroceras dubium, Prohysteroceras gracile, Prohysteroceras involutum, Prohysteroceras richardsi, Prohysteroceras wordiei
Type specimen: BMNH C.20050, a shell. Its type locality is Locality 1, Shore at Old Lobito, which is in an Albian carbonate limestone in Angola.
Ecology: fast-moving nektonic carnivore
Distribution:
• Cretaceous of Angola (2 collections)
Total: 2 collections each including a single occurrence
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