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Vascoceras obscurum

Cephalopoda - Ammonitida - Vascoceratidae

Taxonomy
Vascoceras obscurum was named by Barber (1957). Its type specimen is BMNH C.47651, a shell, and it is a 3D body fossil.

Sister species lacking formal opinion data
V. adunense, V. mohovanense

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1957Vascoceras obscurum Barber p. 19 figs. Pl 6, figs 3,9; pl 27, figs 16-18
1989Vascoceras obscurum Meister p. 28 figs. Pl 12, fig 2; text-fig 20

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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
speciesobscurum

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 obscurum Barber 1957
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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 2004, Kiessling 2003

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

Collections (2 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Early/Lower Turonian93.5 - 89.3Nigeria Vascoceras obscurum (83025 175525)