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Vascoceras proprium

Cephalopoda - Ammonitida - Vascoceratidae

Taxonomy
Pachyvascoceras proprium was named by Reyment (1954). Its type specimen is BMNH C.47302, 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 globosum proprium by Barber (1957); it was recombined as Vascoceras proprium by Kennedy et al. (1987), Cooper (2003) and Aly et al. (2008).

Synonyms
Synonymy list
YearName and author
1954Pachyvascoceras costatum Reyment p. 257 figs. Pl 3, fig 6; pl 4, fig 3; pl 5, fig 2; text-figs 3a,b, 5
1954Pachyvascoceras proprium Reyment p. 258 figs. Pl 5, figs 1a,b; text-fig 3d
1955Pachyvascoceras costatum Reyment p. 65 figs. Pl 14, figs 2,4
1957Vascoceras globosum proprium Barber p. 23 figs. Pl 7, fig 3; pl 28, figs 6,7
1957Vascoceras globosum compressum Barber p. 25 figs. Pl 7, fig 4; pl 9, fig 1; pl 28, figs 10,11
1957Paravascoceras costatum Barber p. 35 figs. Pl 14, fig 1; pl 32, figs 1-3
1963Pachyvascoceras compressum Powell p. 321 figs. pl. 32, figs. 2-4, 7
1982Paravascoceras compressum Chancellor p. 106 figs. figs. 49-50
1987Vascoceras proprium Kennedy et al. p. 46
2003Vascoceras proprium Cooper p. 121 fig. 17
2008Vascoceras proprium Aly et al. p. 49 figs. Pl 5, figs 1,2; text-fig 3.4

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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
speciesproprium()

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