Cephalopoda - Ammonitida - Brancoceratidae
Full reference: O. Haas. 1942. The Vernay Collection of Cretaceous (Albian) ammonites from Angola. Bulletin of the American Museum of Natural History 81(1):1-224
Belongs to Elobiceras according to O. Haas 1942
Sister taxa: Elobiceras angustum, Elobiceras bahiaense, Elobiceras browni, Elobiceras densicostatum, Elobiceras elobiensis, Elobiceras flexicostatum, Elobiceras hexagonum, Elobiceras intermedium, Elobiceras irregulare, Elobiceras lobitoense, Elobiceras newtoni, Elobiceras oxytropidoceratoides, Elobiceras raymondi, Elobiceras spathianum, Elobiceras subelobiense, Elobiceras szajnochai
Type specimen: AMNH 25163, a shell. Its type locality is Hanha, near Lobito (Vernay collection), which is in an Albian carbonate limestone in Angola.
Ecology: fast-moving nektonic carnivore
Distribution: found only at Hanha, near Lobito (Vernay collection)
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