Prohysteroceras gracile 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 Prohysteroceras according to O. Haas 1942

Sister taxa: Prohysteroceras angolaense, Prohysteroceras aplanatum, Prohysteroceras decipiens, Prohysteroceras dubium, Prohysteroceras involutum, Prohysteroceras richardsi, Prohysteroceras wordiei

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:

• Cretaceous of Angola (2 collections)

Total: 2 collections each including a single occurrence

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