Cephalopoda - Ammonitida - Brancoceratidae
Full reference: L. F. Spath. 1922. On Cretaceous Ammonoidea from Angola, collected by Professor J. W. Gregory, D.Sc., F.R.S. Transactions of the Royal Society of Edinburgh 53:91-160
Belongs to Neokentroceras according to M. K. Howarth 1965
See also Haas 1942 and Spath 1922
Sister taxa: Neokentroceras costatum, Neokentroceras crassicostatum, Neokentroceras curvicornu, Neokentroceras gracillimum, Neokentroceras magnum, Neokentroceras pseudogracillimum, Neokentroceras singulare, Neokentroceras subtuberculatum, Neokentroceras trituberculatum
Subtaxa: Neokentroceras pseudovaricosum gracilis
Type specimen: BMNH C.20125, a shell. Its type locality is Locality 295, shore at landing-place near Hanha, which is in an Albian carbonate limestone in Angola.
Ecology: fast-moving nektonic carnivore
Average measurements (in mm): shell diameter 23.2
Distribution:
• Cretaceous of Angola (6 collections)
Total: 6 collections each including a single occurrence
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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