Cephalopoda - Ammonitida - Desmoceratidae

Full reference: R. A. Reyment. 1955. The Cretaceous Ammonoidea of southern Nigeria and the southern Cameroons. Geological Survey of Nigeria Bulletin 25:1-112

Belongs to Desmoceras (Pseudouhligella) according to R. A. Reyment 1955

Sister taxa: Desmoceras (Pseudoughligella) bearskinense, Desmoceras (Pseudoughligella) dawsoni, Desmoceras (Pseudoughligella) subezoanum, Desmoceras (Pseudouhligella) alamoense, Desmoceras (Pseudouhligella) argonauticum, Desmoceras (Pseudouhligella) barryae, Desmoceras (Pseudouhligella) bearskinense, Desmoceras (Pseudouhligella) ezoanum, Desmoceras (Pseudouhligella) intrapunctatum, Desmoceras (Pseudouhligella) japonicum, Desmoceras (Pseudouhligella) poronaicum, Desmoceras (Pseudouhligella) shikokuense, Desmoceras (Pseudouhligella) vetus

Type specimen: BMNH U.3535, a shell. Its type locality is 3 miles north of Odukpani, lower horizon (Reyment collection), which is in a Cenomanian marine horizon in the Odukpani Formation of Nigeria.

Ecology: fast-moving nektonic carnivore

Distribution: found only at 3 miles north of Odukpani, lower horizon (Reyment collection)

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