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Vascoceras gamai

Cephalopoda - Ammonitida - Vascoceratidae

Taxonomy
Vascoceras gamai was named by Choffat (1898). It is a 3D body fossil. It is the type species of Vascoceras.

Sister species lacking formal opinion data

Synonyms
Synonymy list
YearName and author
1898Vascoceras adonensis Choffat
1898Vascoceras grossouvrei Choffat
1898Vascoceras mundae Choffat
1898Vascoceras gamai Choffat p. 54 figs. pl. 7, figs. 1-4
1982Vascoceras gamai Chancellor p. 97
1991Vascoceras gamai Kennedy and Simmons p. 138
2001Vascoceras garnai Kassab et al.
2005Vascoceras gamai Gale et al. p. 180 figs. 7A-D
2007Vascoceras gamai Ifrim and Stinnesbeck p. 653
2010Vascoceras gamai Barroso-Barcenilla and Goy p. 206 figs. Pl 1, figs A-L; text-fig 5A
2022Vascoceras gamai Guendouz et al. p. 2168 fig. 5d

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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
speciesgamai

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 gamai Choffat 1898
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Invalid names: Vascoceras adonensis Choffat 1898 [synonym], Vascoceras grossouvrei Choffat 1898 [synonym], Vascoceras mundae Choffat 1898 [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 Late/Upper Cenomanian to the top of the Early/Lower Turonian or 99.60000 to 89.30000 Ma

Collections (25 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Cenomanian100.5 - 93.9Algeria Vascoceras gamai (217144)
Late/Upper Cenomanian99.6 - 93.5Tunisia Vascoceras gamai (88841)
Late/Upper Cenomanian99.6 - 93.5Algeria Vascoceras gamai (227886 227887 227888 227889 227890 227891 227892 227907 227908 227909 227910 227911)
Late/Upper Cenomanian99.6 - 93.5Brazil Vascoceras gamai (140840 141016)
Late/Upper Cenomanian99.6 - 93.5Spain Vascoceras gamai (186925 186926)
Late/Upper Cenomanian99.6 - 93.5USA (New Mexico) Vascoceras gamai (229802 230779 230855)
Late/Upper Cenomanian99.6 - 93.5Egypt Vascoceras gamai (141573) Vascoceras garnai (138416 138417)
Early/Lower Turonian93.5 - 89.3Mexico Vascoceras gamai (73576)