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Vascoceras

Cephalopoda - Ammonitida - Vascoceratidae

Taxonomy

Vascoceras was named by Choffat (1898) [Sepkoski's age data: K Ceno-u K Turo-l Sepkoski's reference number: 716]. Its type is Vascoceras gamai. It is the type genus of Vascoceratidae, Vascoceratinae.

It was assigned to Ammonoidea by Sepkoski (2002); to Vascoceratidae by Reyment (1954), Benavides-Caceres (1956), Cooper (1978), Howarth (1985), Wright et al. (1996), Gale et al. (2005) and Barroso-Barcenilla and Goy (2010); and to Vascoceratinae by Chancellor (1982), Kennedy et al. (1987), Meister (1989), Kennedy and Simmons (1991), Meister et al. (1992), Meister et al. (1994), Ifrim and Stinnesbeck (2007), Aly et al. (2008) and Guendouz et al. (2022).

Species

Nannovascoceras intermedium (syn. Nannovascoceras costatum, Nannovascoceras constrictum), Paravascoceras angermanni, Paravascoceras carteri, Paravascoceras obessum, Paravascoceras tectiforme, V. amieirense, V. barcoicense, V. birchbyi, V. bulbosum, V. cauvini (syn. V. (Paravascoceras) chevalieri, V. (Paracanthoceras) chevalieri, V. (Pachyvascoceras) crassum, Broggiiceras humboldti, Paravascoceras rumeaui, Broggiiceras olssoni), V. charoni, V. depressum, V. durandi (syn. V. douvillei), V. ellipticum, V. gamai (syn. V. adonensis, V. mundae, V. grossouvrei) (type species), V. glabrum (syn. Nigericeras costatum), V. globosum, V. harttii, V. kossmati (syn. V. harttiformis), V. obscurum, V. polygonum, V. proprium (syn. Paravascoceras costatum, Paravascoceras compressum), V. robustum, V. silvanense, V. simplex, V. venezolanum

Species lacking formal opinion data

V. adunense, V. mohovanense

Synonyms

Vascoceras (Pachyvascoceras) was named by Furon (1935).

It was synonymized subjectively with Paravascoceras by Barber (1957) and Chancellor (1982); it was synonymized subjectively with Vascoceras by Kennedy et al. (1987) and Barroso-Barcenilla and Goy (2010).

It was assigned to Vascoceras by Furon (1935) and Faraud (1940).
Vascoceras (Greenhornoceras) was named by Cobban and Scott (1972).

It was synonymized subjectively with Vascoceras by Chancellor et al. (1994) and Barroso-Barcenilla and Goy (2010).

It was assigned to Vascoceras by Cobban and Scott (1972).
Broggiiceras was named by Benavides-Caceres (1956).

It was synonymized subjectively with Paravascoceras by Chancellor (1982); it was synonymized subjectively with Vascoceras by Kennedy et al. (1987) and Barroso-Barcenilla and Goy (2010).

It was assigned to Vascoceratidae by Benavides-Caceres (1956).
Paravascoceras was named by Furon (1935).

It was reranked as Vascoceras (Paravascoceras) by Cooper (1978), Howarth (1985) and Meister et al. (1992); it was synonymized subjectively with Vascoceras by Kennedy et al. (1987) and Barroso-Barcenilla and Goy (2010).

It was assigned to Vascoceratinae by Chancellor (1982) and Meister (1989); and to Vascoceras by Cooper (1978), Howarth (1985) and Meister et al. (1992).
Provascoceras was named by Cooper (1979).

It was synonymized subjectively with Vascoceras by Chancellor (1982) and Barroso-Barcenilla and Goy (2010).
Paracanthoceras was named by Furon (1935).

It was reranked as Vascoceras (Paracanthoceras) by Faure (1935); it was synonymized subjectively with Paravascoceras by Barber (1957) and Chancellor (1982); it was synonymized subjectively with Vascoceras by Barroso-Barcenilla and Goy (2010).

It was assigned to Vascoceras by Faure (1935).
Nannovascoceras was named by Renz and Alvarez (1979) [Sepkoski's age data: K Turo-l]. Its type is Nannovascoceras intermedium.

It was synonymized subjectively with Vascoceras by Barroso-Barcenilla and Goy (2010).

It was assigned to Ammonoidea by Sepkoski (2002); and to Vascoceratidae by Renz (1982) and Kennedy et al. (2008).

Synonymy list

Year	Name and author
1898	Vascoceras Choffat
1935	Vascoceras (Paracanthoceras) Faure
1935	Paracanthoceras Furon
1935	Paravascoceras Furon
1935	Vascoceras (Pachyvascoceras) Furon
1940	Vascoceras (Pachyvascoceras) Faraud p. 43
1954	Vascoceras Reyment p. 256
1956	Broggiiceras Benavides-Caceres p. 469
1956	Vascoceras Benavides-Caceres p. 471
1972	Vascoceras (Greenhornoceras) Cobban and Scott p. 85 figs. pl. 22, figs. 1-13
1978	Vascoceras Cooper p. 128
1978	Vascoceras (Paravascoceras) Cooper p. 130
1979	Provascoceras Cooper
1979	Nannovascoceras Renz and Alvarez
1982	Vascoceras Chancellor p. 97
1982	Paravascoceras Chancellor p. 98
1982	Nannovascoceras Renz p. 76
1985	Vascoceras (Paravascoceras) Howarth
1985	Vascoceras Howarth p. 100
1987	Vascoceras Kennedy et al. p. 44
1989	Paravascoceras Meister p. 14
1989	Vascoceras Meister p. 23
1991	Vascoceras Kennedy and Simmons p. 136
1992	Vascoceras Meister et al. p. 70
1992	Vascoceras (Paravascoceras) Meister et al. p. 70
1994	Vascoceras Meister et al. p. 208
1996	Vascoceras Wright et al. p. 175
2002	Nannovascoceras Sepkoski
2002	Vascoceras Sepkoski
2005	Vascoceras Gale et al. p. 180
2007	Vascoceras Ifrim and Stinnesbeck p. 653
2008	Vascoceras Aly et al. p. 47
2008	Nannovascoceras Kennedy et al. p. 156
2010	Vascoceras Barroso-Barcenilla and Goy p. 204
2022	Vascoceras Guendouz et al. p. 2168

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Rank	Name	Author
kingdom	Animalia	()
—	Bilateria
—	Eubilateria	Ax 1987
—	Protostomia
—	Spiralia
superphylum	Lophotrochozoa
phylum	Mollusca
class	Cephalopoda	Cuvier 1797

Rank	Name	Author
subclass	Ammonoidea	()
order	Ammonitida
suborder	Ammonitina	Hyatt 1889
superfamily	Acanthoceratoidea	(de Grossouvre 1894)
family	Vascoceratidae	Douvillé 1912
subfamily	Vascoceratinae	Douvillé 1912
genus	Vascoceras	Choffat 1898

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.

G. †Vascoceras Choffat 1898

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†Vascoceras amieirense Choffat 1898

†Vascoceras barcoicense Choffat 1898

†Vascoceras birchbyi Cobban and Scott 1972

†Vascoceras bulbosum Reyment 1954

†Vascoceras cauvini Chudeau 1909

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]

†Vascoceras charoni Barroso-Barcenilla and Goy 2010

†Vascoceras depressum Barber 1957

†Vascoceras durandi Thomas and Peron 1889

Invalid names: Vascoceras douvillei Choffat 1898 [synonym]

†Vascoceras ellipticum Barber 1957

†Vascoceras gamai Choffat 1898

Invalid names: Vascoceras adonensis Choffat 1898 [synonym], Vascoceras grossouvrei Choffat 1898 [synonym], Vascoceras mundae Choffat 1898 [synonym]

†Vascoceras glabrum Barber 1957

Invalid names: Nigericeras costatum Barber 1957 [synonym]

†Vascoceras globosum Reyment 1954

†Vascoceras globosum plenum Reyment 1954

†Vascoceras harttii Hyatt 1870

†Vascoceras kossmati Choffat 1898

Invalid names: Vascoceras harttiformis Choffat 1898 [synonym]

†Vascoceras obscurum Barber 1957

†Vascoceras polygonum Barber 1957

†Vascoceras proprium Reyment 1954

†Paravascoceras costatum multicostatum Barber 1960

Invalid names: Paravascoceras compressum Barber 1957 [synonym], Paravascoceras costatum Reyment 1954 [synonym]

†Vascoceras robustum Barber 1957

†Vascoceras silvanense Choffat 1898

†Vascoceras simplex Barber 1957

†Vascoceras venezolanum Renz 1982

Invalid names: Broggiiceras Benavides-Caceres 1956 [synonym], Greenhornoceras Cobban and Scott 1972 [synonym], Nannovascoceras Renz and Alvarez 1979 [synonym], Pachyvascoceras Furon 1935 [synonym], Paracanthoceras Furon 1935 [synonym], Paravascoceras Furon 1935 [synonym], Paravascoceras cauvini evoluta Schneegans 1943 [invalid subgroup], Provascoceras Cooper 1979 [synonym]

Diagnosis

No diagnoses are available