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 primordiale, Elobiceras raymondi, Elobiceras spathianum, Elobiceras subelobiense, Elobiceras szajnochai

Subtaxa: Elobiceras oxytropidoceratoides minor

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Type specimen: AMNH 25169, 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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