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Vascoceras cauvini

Cephalopoda - Ammonitida - Vascoceratidae

Taxonomy
Vascoceras cauvini was named by Chudeau (1909). It is a 3D body fossil.

It was recombined as Paravascoceras cauvini by Barber (1957) and Chancellor (1982); it was recombined as Vascoceras (Paravascoceras) cauvini by Cooper (1978) and Meister et al. (1992).

Subspecies
Paravascoceras cauvini evoluta
Sister species lacking formal opinion data
V. adunense, V. mohovanense

Synonyms
Synonymy list
YearName and author
1909Vascoceras cauvini Chudeau
1935Vascoceras (Pachyvascoceras) crassum Furon figs. Pl 3, fig 2
1935Vascoceras (Paracanthoceras) chevalieri Furon figs. Pl 4, fig 1
1935Vascoceras (Paravascoceras) chevalieri Furon p. 59 figs. Pl 4, fig 1; text-fig 18
1943Paravascoceras cauvini evoluta Schneegans figs. Pl 8, fig 2
1955Paravascoceras chevalieri Reyment p. 63 figs. Pl 14, figs 1a,b
1956Broggiiceras humboldti Benavides-Caceres p. 470 figs. pl. 56, figs. 3-6
1956Broggiiceras olssoni Benavides-Caceres p. 470
1957Paravascoceras cauvini Barber p. 37 figs. Pl 1, figs 2,3; pl 32, figs 8,9
1957Paravascoceras rumeaui Collignon p. 10 figs. Pl 1, fig 2
1978Vascoceras (Paravascoceras) cauvini Cooper p. 130 figs. 6C-H, 35-37
1982Paravascoceras cauvini Chancellor p. 98
1989Paravascoceras evolutum Meister p. 14 figs. Pl 5, figs 2,4; text-fig 10
1989Paravascoceras crassum Meister p. 18 figs. Pl 6, figs 2,3; text-fig 12
1992Vascoceras (Paravascoceras) cauvini Meister et al. p. 71 figs. Pl 4, fig 6; pl 5, fig 1; pl 6, fig 2; text-fig 16
2008Vascoceras cauvini Aly et al. p. 47 figs. Pl 4, figs 3,4; text-fig 3.3
2010Vascoceras cauvini Barroso-Barcenilla and Goy p. 214 figs. Pl 4, fig C
2022Vascoceras cauvini Guendouz et al. p. 2168 fig. 6a,b

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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
speciescauviniChudeau 1909

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 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]
†Paravascoceras cauvini evoluta Schneegans 1943
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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
partNmeanminimummaximummedians.d.
shell height1829.814.048.031.59.16
shell diameter1867.331.0100.071.520.1
shell inflation1816.27.0030.017.56.76

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 Early/Lower Turonian or 99.60000 to 89.30000 Ma

Collections (36 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Cenomanian100.5 - 93.9Algeria Vascoceras cauvini (217144 217148)
Late/Upper Cenomanian99.6 - 93.5Egypt Vascoceras cauvini (114798 114813 138417 140715 140717 141573)
Late/Upper Cenomanian99.6 - 93.5USA (Texas) Vascoceras cauvini (177107)
Late/Upper Cenomanian99.6 - 93.5Algeria Vascoceras cauvini (227885 227886 227887 227888 227889 227890 227891 227892 227907 227908 227911)
Late/Upper Cenomanian99.6 - 93.5Angola Vascoceras cauvini (175547)
Late/Upper Cenomanian99.6 - 93.5Nigeria Paravascoceras cauvini (28152 28153) Paravascoceras crassum (175533) Paravascoceras evolutum (175538 175539)
Late/Upper Cenomanian99.6 - 93.5Spain Vascoceras cauvini (186929)
Late/Upper Cenomanian99.6 - 93.5Jordan Vascoceras cauvini (178495 178496 178508)
Late/Upper Cenomanian99.6 - 93.5Niger Vascoceras cauvini (175435 175439)
Late/Upper Cenomanian - Early/Lower Turonian99.6 - 89.3Nigeria Paravascoceras crassum (175537)
Early/Lower Turonian93.5 - 89.3Nigeria Paravascoceras cauvini (83010) Paravascoceras chevalieri (82782)
Early/Lower Turonian93.5 - 89.3Peru Broggiiceras olssoni, Broggiiceras humboldti (88199)