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Vascoceras
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).
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 constrictum, Nannovascoceras costatum), Paravascoceras angermanni, Paravascoceras carteri, Paravascoceras obessum, Paravascoceras tectiforme, V. amieirense, V. barcoicense, V. birchbyi, V. bulbosum, V. cauvini (syn. Broggiiceras humboldti, V. (Paravascoceras) chevalieri, V. (Paracanthoceras) chevalieri, Paravascoceras rumeaui, Broggiiceras olssoni, V. (Pachyvascoceras) crassum), V. charoni, V. depressum, V. durandi (syn. V. douvillei), V. ellipticum, V. gamai (syn. V. mundae, V. adonensis, 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
Synonyms
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Synonymy list
Year | Name and author |
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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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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
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Invalid names: Broggiiceras humboldti Benavides-Caceres 1956 [synonym], Broggiiceras olssoni Benavides-Caceres 1956 [synonym], Paravascoceras cauvini evoluta Schneegans 1943 [invalid subgroup], 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
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Invalid names: Vascoceras douvillei Choffat 1898 [synonym]
†Vascoceras ellipticum Barber 1957
†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]
†Vascoceras globosum Reyment 1954
†Vascoceras globosum plenum Reyment 1954
†Vascoceras harttii Hyatt 1870
†Vascoceras obscurum Barber 1957
†Vascoceras polygonum Barber 1957
†Vascoceras proprium Reyment 1954
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†Paravascoceras costatum quadratum Barber 1957
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], Provascoceras Cooper 1979 [synonym]
Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available