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Vascoceras

Cephalopoda - Ammonitida - Vascoceratidae

Taxonomy
Vascoceras was named by Choffat (1898) [Sepkoski's age data: K Ceno-u K Turo-l Sepkoski's reference number: 716]. Its type is Vascoceras gamai. It is the type genus of Vascoceratidae, Vascoceratinae.

It was assigned to Ammonoidea by Sepkoski (2002); to Vascoceratidae by Reyment (1954), Benavides-Caceres (1956), Cooper (1978), Howarth (1985), Wright et al. (1996), Gale et al. (2005) and Barroso-Barcenilla and Goy (2010); and to Vascoceratinae by Chancellor (1982), Kennedy et al. (1987), Meister (1989), Kennedy and Simmons (1991), Meister et al. (1992), Meister et al. (1994), Ifrim and Stinnesbeck (2007), Aly et al. (2008) and Guendouz et al. (2022).

Species
Nannovascoceras intermedium (syn. Nannovascoceras costatum, Nannovascoceras constrictum), Paravascoceras angermanni, Paravascoceras carteri, Paravascoceras obessum, Paravascoceras tectiforme, V. amieirense, V. barcoicense, V. birchbyi, V. bulbosum, V. cauvini (syn. V. (Paracanthoceras) chevalieri, V. (Paravascoceras) chevalieri, Broggiiceras olssoni, V. (Pachyvascoceras) crassum, Broggiiceras humboldti, Paravascoceras rumeaui), V. charoni, V. depressum, V. durandi (syn. V. douvillei), V. ellipticum, V. gamai (syn. V. grossouvrei, V. mundae, V. adonensis) (type species), V. glabrum (syn. Nigericeras costatum), V. globosum, V. harttii, V. kossmati (syn. V. harttiformis), V. obscurum, V. polygonum, V. proprium (syn. Paravascoceras compressum, Paravascoceras costatum), V. robustum, V. silvanense, V. simplex, V. venezolanum
Species lacking formal opinion data
V. adunense, V. mohovanense

Synonyms
Synonymy list
YearName and author
1898Vascoceras Choffat
1935Vascoceras (Paracanthoceras) Faure
1935Paracanthoceras Furon
1935Paravascoceras Furon
1935Vascoceras (Pachyvascoceras) Furon
1940Vascoceras (Pachyvascoceras) Faraud p. 43
1954Vascoceras Reyment p. 256
1956Broggiiceras Benavides-Caceres p. 469
1956Vascoceras Benavides-Caceres p. 471
1972Vascoceras (Greenhornoceras) Cobban and Scott p. 85 figs. pl. 22, figs. 1-13
1978Vascoceras Cooper p. 128
1978Vascoceras (Paravascoceras) Cooper p. 130
1979Provascoceras Cooper
1979Nannovascoceras Renz and Alvarez
1982Vascoceras Chancellor p. 97
1982Paravascoceras Chancellor p. 98
1982Nannovascoceras Renz p. 76
1985Vascoceras (Paravascoceras) Howarth
1985Vascoceras Howarth p. 100
1987Vascoceras Kennedy et al. p. 44
1989Paravascoceras Meister p. 14
1989Vascoceras Meister p. 23
1991Vascoceras Kennedy and Simmons p. 136
1992Vascoceras Meister et al. p. 70
1992Vascoceras (Paravascoceras) Meister et al. p. 70
1994Vascoceras Meister et al. p. 208
1996Vascoceras Wright et al. p. 175
2002Nannovascoceras Sepkoski
2002Vascoceras Sepkoski
2005Vascoceras Gale et al. p. 180
2007Vascoceras Ifrim and Stinnesbeck p. 653
2008Vascoceras Aly et al. p. 47
2008Nannovascoceras Kennedy et al. p. 156
2010Vascoceras Barroso-Barcenilla and Goy p. 204
2022Vascoceras Guendouz et al. p. 2168

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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

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.

G. †Vascoceras Choffat 1898
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†Vascoceras amieirense Choffat 1898
†Vascoceras barcoicense Choffat 1898
†Vascoceras birchbyi Cobban and Scott 1972
†Vascoceras bulbosum Reyment 1954
†Vascoceras cauvini Chudeau 1909
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Invalid names: Broggiiceras humboldti Benavides-Caceres 1956 [synonym], Broggiiceras olssoni Benavides-Caceres 1956 [synonym], Paravascoceras rumeaui Collignon 1957 [synonym], Vascoceras (Pachyvascoceras) crassum Furon 1935 [synonym], Vascoceras (Paracanthoceras) chevalieri Furon 1935 [synonym], Vascoceras (Paravascoceras) chevalieri Furon 1935 [synonym]
†Vascoceras charoni Barroso-Barcenilla and Goy 2010
†Vascoceras depressum Barber 1957
†Vascoceras durandi Thomas and Peron 1889
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Invalid names: Vascoceras douvillei Choffat 1898 [synonym]
†Vascoceras ellipticum Barber 1957
†Vascoceras gamai Choffat 1898
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Invalid names: Vascoceras adonensis Choffat 1898 [synonym], Vascoceras grossouvrei Choffat 1898 [synonym], Vascoceras mundae Choffat 1898 [synonym]
†Vascoceras glabrum Barber 1957
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Invalid names: Nigericeras costatum Barber 1957 [synonym]
†Vascoceras globosum Reyment 1954
†Vascoceras harttii Hyatt 1870
†Vascoceras kossmati Choffat 1898
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Invalid names: Vascoceras harttiformis Choffat 1898 [synonym]
†Vascoceras obscurum Barber 1957
†Vascoceras polygonum Barber 1957
†Vascoceras proprium Reyment 1954
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Invalid names: Paravascoceras compressum Barber 1957 [synonym], Paravascoceras costatum Reyment 1954 [synonym]
†Vascoceras robustum Barber 1957
†Vascoceras silvanense Choffat 1898
†Vascoceras simplex Barber 1957
Invalid names: Broggiiceras Benavides-Caceres 1956 [synonym], Greenhornoceras Cobban and Scott 1972 [synonym], Nannovascoceras Renz and Alvarez 1979 [synonym], Pachyvascoceras Furon 1935 [synonym], Paracanthoceras Furon 1935 [synonym], Paravascoceras Furon 1935 [synonym], Paravascoceras cauvini evoluta Schneegans 1943 [invalid subgroup], Provascoceras Cooper 1979 [synonym]
Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
partNmeanminimummaximummedians.d.
shell height4530.313.357.530.010.1
shell diameter4573.528.1140.079.025.1
shell inflation4519.06.1063.019.513.3

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: base of the Late/Upper Cenomanian to the top of the Turonian or 99.60000 to 89.80000 Ma

Collections (143 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Cenomanian100.5 - 93.9Algeria V. cauvini (217148) V. gamai, V. cauvini, V. glabrum (217144) V. glabrum (217146)
Late/Upper Cenomanian99.6 - 93.5Jordan V. cauvini (178495 178496 178508)
Late/Upper Cenomanian99.6 - 93.5Spain V. cauvini (186929) V. durandi (186927) V. gamai (186925) V. gamai, V. charoni, V. barcoicense (186926)
Late/Upper Cenomanian99.6 - 93.5Algeria V. cauvini (227885) V. gamai (227909 227910) V. gamai, V. cauvini (227886 227887 227888 227889 227890 227891 227892 227907 227908 227911)
Late/Upper Cenomanian99.6 - 93.5USA (New Mexico) V. diartianum (177087 230784) V. gamai, V. silvanense, V. barcoicense (229802) V. sp. A, V. sp. B, V. gamai, V. barcoicense (230855) V. sp. B, V. gamai (230779)
Late/Upper Cenomanian99.6 - 93.5Nigeria Paravascoceras cauvini (28152 28153) Paravascoceras evolutum (175538 175539) V. bulbosum (210096) V. bulbosum, V. depressum (210097) V. ellipticum, V. glabrum, Paravascoceras crassum, V. costatum (175533) V. sp. (210098)
Late/Upper Cenomanian99.6 - 93.5Brazil V. gamai (140840 141016)
Late/Upper Cenomanian99.6 - 93.5Niger V. cauvini, V. ellipticum (175435 175439) V. glabrum (175483) V. sp. (175484)
Late/Upper Cenomanian99.6 - 93.5Tunisia V. gamai (88841) V. sp. (161137)
Late/Upper Cenomanian99.6 - 93.5Angola V. cauvini (175547) V. harttii (70955)
Late/Upper Cenomanian99.6 - 93.5USA (Texas) V. cauvini, V. silvanense (177107)
Late/Upper Cenomanian99.6 - 93.5USA (Arizona) V. diartianum (53507 54164 55815 55816)
Late/Upper Cenomanian99.6 - 93.5Egypt V. cauvini (114798 114813 140715 140717) V. cauvini, V. garnai (138417) V. durandi (114795) V. garnai (138416) V. rumeaui, V. gamai, V. cauvini (141573)
Late/Upper Cenomanian - Early/Lower Turonian99.6 - 89.3Egypt (Sinai) V. proprium, V. obessum (3762)
Late/Upper Cenomanian - Early/Lower Turonian99.6 - 89.3Nigeria Pachyvascoceras proprium, Pachyvascoceras costatum, Pachyvascoceras globosum, Gombeoceras bulbosum (82779) Paravascoceras carteri, V. ellipticum, V. glabrum, Paravascoceras crassum, Paravascoceras tectiforme, V. costatum (175537) V. globosum, V. ellipticum, Fagesia simplex, Nigericeras costatum (83024)
Turonian93.9 - 89.8USA (Colorado) V. sp. (3074)
Turonian93.9 - 89.8Peru V. amieirense (200811)
Early/Lower Turonian93.5 - 89.3USA (Texas) V. proprium (4898 80991)
Early/Lower Turonian93.5 - 89.3Venezuela (Mérida) Nannovascoceras sp. (88080)
Early/Lower Turonian93.5 - 89.3Brazil Nannovascoceras sp., V. globosum, Paravascoceras hartti (140888)
Early/Lower Turonian93.5 - 89.3Mexico (Nuevo Leon) V. sp. (87879 87881) V. sp., V. birchbyi (87880)
Early/Lower Turonian93.5 - 89.3Niger V. silvanense (175452)
Early/Lower Turonian93.5 - 89.3Morocco Nannovascoceras intermedium (175005)
Early/Lower Turonian93.5 - 89.3Oman V. durandi (82360)
Early/Lower Turonian93.5 - 89.3Brazil (Sergipe) V. globosum, V. simplex (175461) V. hartti (87858)
Early/Lower Turonian93.5 - 89.3Mexico V. adonense (73575) V. sp., V. gamai, V. carteri, V. hartti, V. angermanni (73576)
Early/Lower Turonian93.5 - 89.3USA (Arizona) V. sp. (3217 54147 54160 55926)
Early/Lower Turonian93.5 - 89.3Jordan V. proprium (178493 178498 178503 178505)
Early/Lower Turonian93.5 - 89.3Egypt (Sinai) V. obessum (3765)
Early/Lower Turonian93.5 - 89.3USA (New Mexico) V. birchbyi (200337)
Early/Lower Turonian93.5 - 89.3Colombia V. proprium (46997 46998)
Early/Lower Turonian93.5 - 89.3Peru Broggiiceras olssoni, Broggiiceras humboldti, V. silvanense (88199)
Early/Lower Turonian93.5 - 89.3France (Gard) V. durandi, V. harttiformis (170945) V. hartti (170946)
Early/Lower Turonian93.5 - 89.3Mexico (Coahuila de Zaragoza) V. adunense, V. mohovanense, V. sp., V. angermanni (88255)
Early/Lower Turonian93.5 - 89.3Nigeria Pachyvascoceras costatum, Pachyvascoceras globosum, Paravascoceras chevalieri (82782) Pachyvascoceras proprium, Gombeoceras bulbosum (210210) Paravascoceras carteri, Paravascoceras tectiforme (175522) Paravascoceras costatum, Paravascoceras cauvini (83010) Paravascoceras costatum, Paravascoceras tectiforme (210109) Paravascoceras costatum, V. bulbosum (83022) Paravascoceras costatum, V. ellipticum, Paravascoceras tectiforme, V. polygonum (210099) Paravascoceras costatum, V. globosum, V. ellipticum, V. bulbosum (83023) Paravascoceras tectiforme (83009) V. ellipticum, Fagesia simplex, Nigericeras costatum, V. globosum, V. globosum, Paravascoceras costatum (210137) V. globosum, Nigericeras glabrum, Nigericeras costatum (210100) V. globosum, V. bulbosum (83021) V. globosum, V. ellipticum, Nigericeras costatum, Paravascoceras tectiforme, V. obscurum, V. bulbosum (83025) V. globosum, V. ellipticum, Paravascoceras tectiforme, V. robustum, V. polygonum (83008) V. globosum, V. ellipticum, V. bulbosum, V. depressum (83026) V. obscurum (175525) V. robustum (83012) V. silvanense (175532) V. sp., Paravascoceras costatum (83013) V. venezolanum (69503)
Early/Lower Turonian93.5 - 89.3Angola V. proprium (210896)
Early/Lower Turonian93.5 - 89.3France Pachyvascoceras hartii, Pachyvascoceras durandi, Pachyvascoceras harttiformis (82852)
Early/Lower Turonian93.5 - 89.3Tunisia V. durandi (88842 88846 88849 161149) V. obessum (161139)
Early/Lower Turonian93.5 - 89.3Venezuela Nannovascoceras constrictum (88077) Nannovascoceras constrictum, Nannovascoceras intermedium, Nannovascoceras costatum, V. venezolanum (88078)
Early/Lower Turonian93.5 - 89.3Spain V. amieirense, V. harttii (186914) V. durandi (186928) V. durandi, V. kossmati (175375) V. harttii (186930) V. kossmati (186909 187005)
Early/Lower Turonian93.5 - 89.3USA (Colorado) V. angermanni (230902) V. birchbyi (87872 230903)
Early/Lower Turonian93.5 - 89.3Egypt V. durandi (114799 140245 140586) V. harttii (114814) V. proporium, V. durandi (141574) V. proporium, V. obessium (140719)
Early/Lower Turonian93.5 - 89.3Venezuela (Trujillo) Nannovascoceras sp. (88036 88076)
Early/Lower Turonian - Middle Turonian93.5 - 89.3Egypt V. obesum, V. durandi (138418 138419)