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Vascoceras glabrum

Cephalopoda - Ammonitida - Vascoceratidae

Taxonomy
Nigericeras glabrum was named by Barber (1957). Its type specimen is BMNH C.47703, a shell, and it is a 3D body fossil.

It was recombined as Vascoceras costatum glabrum by Meister (1989); it was recombined as Vascoceras glabrum by Meister et al. (1994).

Sister species lacking formal opinion data
V. adunense, V. diartianum, V. mohovanense, V. obessium, V. obesum, V. proporium, V. rumeaui

Synonyms
Synonymy list
YearName and author
1957Nigericeras costatum Barber p. 29 figs. Pl 10, figs 3,4; pl 11, fig 3; pl 30, figs 1-7
1957Nigericeras glabrum Barber p. 29 figs. Pl 10, figs 1,2; pl 30, fig 8
1989Vascoceras costatum Meister p. 23 figs. Pl 10, figs 3,5; pl 11, figs 1,2,5
1989Vascoceras costatum glabrum Meister p. 23 figs. Pl 9, figs 2,4; pl 10, fig 4
1994Vascoceras glabrum Meister et al. p. 208 figs. Pl 3, figs 6,8; pl 4, figs 1-5; pl 5, figs 1-6; pl 6, figs 1,6; pl 7, fig 1; text-fig 11

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
—Bilateria
—EubilateriaAx 1987
—Protostomia
—Spiralia
superphylumLophotrochozoa
phylumMollusca
classCephalopodaCuvier 1797
RankNameAuthor
subclassAmmonoidea()
orderAmmonitidaHaeckel 1866
suborderAmmonitinaHyatt 1889
superfamilyAcanthoceratoidea(de Grossouvre 1894)
familyVascoceratidaeDouvillé 1912
subfamilyVascoceratinaeDouvillé 1912
genusVascocerasChoffat 1898
speciesglabrum()

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 glabrum Barber 1957
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Invalid names: Nigericeras costatum Barber 1957 [synonym]
Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
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 Cenomanian to the top of the Early/Lower Turonian or 100.50000 to 89.80000 Ma

Collections (9 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Cenomanian100.5 - 93.9Algeria Vascoceras glabrum (217144 217146)
Late/Upper Cenomanian100.5 - 93.9Nigeria Vascoceras glabrum, Vascoceras costatum (175533)
Late/Upper Cenomanian100.5 - 93.9Niger Vascoceras glabrum (175483)
Late/Upper Cenomanian - Early/Lower Turonian100.5 - 89.8Nigeria Nigericeras costatum (83024) Vascoceras glabrum, Vascoceras costatum (175537)
Early/Lower Turonian93.9 - 89.8Nigeria Nigericeras costatum (83025 210137) Nigericeras glabrum, Nigericeras costatum (210100)