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Vascoceras bulbosum

Cephalopoda - Ammonitida - Vascoceratidae

Taxonomy
Gombeoceras bulbosum was named by Reyment (1954). Its type specimen is BMNH C.47295, a shell, and it is a 3D body fossil. Its type locality is Gulani (Reyment collection), which is in a Turonian carbonate limestone in Nigeria.

It was recombined as Vascoceras bulbosum by Barber (1957).

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

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1954Gombeoceras bulbosum Reyment p. 263 figs. Pl 4, figs 2a,b; text-figs 3g,9
1957Vascoceras bulbosum Barber p. 19 figs. Pl 6, figs 6,8; pl 27, figs 1-6

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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
speciesbulbosum()

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 bulbosum Reyment 1954
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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: base of the Late/Upper 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
Late/Upper Cenomanian100.5 - 93.9Nigeria Vascoceras bulbosum (210096 210097)
Late/Upper Cenomanian - Early/Lower Turonian100.5 - 89.8Nigeria Gombeoceras bulbosum (82779)
Early/Lower Turonian93.9 - 89.8Nigeria Gombeoceras bulbosum (210210) Vascoceras bulbosum (83021 83022 83023 83025 83026)