Vascoceras
| Vascoceras Temporal range: Cretaceous, 99.7–89.3 Ma | |
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| Fossil shell of Vascoceras cauvini from Nigeria, on display at Galerie de paléontologie et d'anatomie comparée in Paris | |
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| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Mollusca |
| Class: | Cephalopoda |
| Subclass: | Ammonoidea |
| Order: | Ammonitida |
| Superfamily: | Acanthocerataceae |
| Family: | Vascoceratidae |
| Genus: | Vascoceras Choffat 1898 |
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Vascoceras is an extinct genus of Cretaceous ammonites included in the family Vascoceratidae. These fast-moving nektonic carnivores lived in the Cretaceous period from the upper Cenomanian age to the lower Turonian age. [2] The type species of the genus is Vascoceras gamai [1]
Species
- Vascoceras humboldti
- Vascoceras olssoni
- Vascoceras angermanni
- Vascoceras cauvini
- Vascoceras hartti
- Vascoceras birchbyi
- Vascoceras durandi
- Vascoceras gamai
- Vascoceras proprium
- Vascoceras silvanense
- Vascoceras venezolanum
Distribution
Fossils of species within this genus have been found in the Cretaceous sediments of Angola, Brazil, Colombia, Egypt, France, Mexico, Nigeria, Oman, Peru, Tunisia, United States and Venezuela. [1]
References
- 1 2 3 4 5 The Paleobiology Database
- ↑ Sepkoski, Jack Sepkoski's Online Genus Database – Cephalopoda
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