Elobiceras hexagonum Haas 1942 (ammonite)

Cephalopoda - Ammonitida - Brancoceratidae

Full reference: O. Haas. 1942. The Vernay Collection of Cretaceous (Albian) ammonites from Angola. Bulletin of the American Museum of Natural History 81(1):1-224

Belongs to Elobiceras according to O. Haas 1942

Sister taxa: Elobiceras angustum, Elobiceras bahiaense, Elobiceras browni, Elobiceras densicostatum, Elobiceras elobiensis, Elobiceras flexicostatum, 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 Hanha, near Lobito (Vernay collection), which is in an Albian carbonate limestone in Angola

Ecology: fast-moving nektonic carnivore

Distribution: found only at Hanha, near Lobito (Vernay collection)

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