Vascoceras

Vascoceras; Temporal range: Cretaceous, 99.7–89.3 Ma PreꞒ Ꞓ O S D C P T J K Pg N
	Fossil shell of Vascoceras cauvini from Nigeria, on display at Galerie de paléontologie et d'anatomie comparée in Paris
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Mollusca
Class:	Cephalopoda
Subclass:	Ammonoidea
Order:	Ammonitida
Superfamily:	Acanthocerataceae
Family:	Vascoceratidae
Genus:	Vascoceras; Choffat 1898
Synonyms
	Broggiiceras Benavides-Caceres 1956; Greenhornoceras Cobban and Scott 1972; Pachyvascoceras Furon 1935; Paravascoceras Furon 1935; Provascoceras Cooper 1979; Vascoceras (Greenhornoceras) Cobban and Scott 1972; Vascoceras (Pachyvascoceras) Furon 1935;

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

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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

^ ^a ^b ^c ^d ^e The Paleobiology Database
^ Sepkoski, Jack Sepkoski's Online Genus Database – Cephalopoda

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