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Vascoceras proprium

Cephalopoda - Ammonitida - Vascoceratidae

Taxonomy
Pachyvascoceras proprium was named by Reyment (1954). Its type specimen is BMNH C.47302, a shell, and it is a 3D body fossil. Its type locality is Gulani (Reyment collection), which is in a Turonian carbonate limestone in Nigeria.

It was recombined as Vascoceras globosum proprium by Barber (1957); it was recombined as Vascoceras proprium by Kennedy et al. (1987), Cooper (2003) and Aly et al. (2008).

Synonyms
Synonymy list
YearName and author
1954Pachyvascoceras costatum Reyment p. 257 figs. Pl 3, fig 6; pl 4, fig 3; pl 5, fig 2; text-figs 3a,b, 5
1954Pachyvascoceras proprium Reyment p. 258 figs. Pl 5, figs 1a,b; text-fig 3d
1955Pachyvascoceras costatum Reyment p. 65 figs. Pl 14, figs 2,4
1957Vascoceras globosum proprium Barber p. 23 figs. Pl 7, fig 3; pl 28, figs 6,7
1957Vascoceras globosum compressum Barber p. 25 figs. Pl 7, fig 4; pl 9, fig 1; pl 28, figs 10,11
1957Paravascoceras costatum Barber p. 35 figs. Pl 14, fig 1; pl 32, figs 1-3
1963Pachyvascoceras compressum Powell p. 321 figs. pl. 32, figs. 2-4, 7
1982Paravascoceras compressum Chancellor p. 106 figs. figs. 49-50
1987Vascoceras proprium Kennedy et al. p. 46
2003Vascoceras proprium Cooper p. 121 fig. 17
2008Vascoceras proprium Aly et al. p. 49 figs. Pl 5, figs 1,2; text-fig 3.4

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
—Bilateria
—EubilateriaAx 1987
—Protostomia
—Spiralia
superphylumLophotrochozoa
phylumMollusca
classCephalopodaCuvier 1797
RankNameAuthor
subclassAmmonoidea()
orderAmmonitida
suborderAmmonitinaHyatt 1889
superfamilyAcanthoceratoidea(de Grossouvre 1894)
familyVascoceratidaeDouvillé 1912
subfamilyVascoceratinaeDouvillé 1912
genusVascocerasChoffat 1898
speciesproprium()

If no rank is listed, the taxon is considered an unranked clade in modern classifications. Ranks may be repeated or presented in the wrong order because authors working on different parts of the classification may disagree about how to rank taxa.

†Vascoceras proprium Reyment 1954
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Invalid names: Paravascoceras compressum Barber 1957 [synonym], Paravascoceras costatum Reyment 1954 [synonym]
Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
partNmeanminimummaximummedians.d.
shell height1526.721.057.526.08.73
shell diameter1567.145.0120.069.018.7
shell inflation1515.47.5031.014.06.63

Composition: aragoniteo
Environment: marinec
Locomotion: fast-movingo
Life habit: nektonico
Diet: carnivoreo
Vision: well-developedc
Created: 2005-01-28 02:27:03
Modified: 2009-10-08 14:14:55
Source: o = order, c = class
References: Kiessling 2003, Kiessling 2004

Age range: Early/Lower Turonian or 93.50000 to 89.30000 Ma

Collections (20 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Late/Upper Cenomanian - Early/Lower Turonian99.6 - 89.3Egypt (Sinai) Vascoceras proprium (3762)
Late/Upper Cenomanian - Early/Lower Turonian99.6 - 89.3Nigeria Pachyvascoceras proprium, Pachyvascoceras costatum (82779)
Early/Lower Turonian93.5 - 89.3Jordan Vascoceras proprium (178493 178498 178503 178505)
Early/Lower Turonian93.5 - 89.3Colombia Vascoceras proprium (46997 46998)
Early/Lower Turonian93.5 - 89.3USA (Texas) Vascoceras proprium (4898 80991)
Early/Lower Turonian93.5 - 89.3Nigeria Pachyvascoceras costatum (82782) Pachyvascoceras proprium (210210) Paravascoceras costatum (83010 83013 83022 83023 210099 210109) Vascoceras globosum, Paravascoceras costatum (210137)
Early/Lower Turonian93.5 - 89.3Angola Vascoceras proprium (210896)