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 Elobiceras according to R. A. Reyment 1955
See also Haas 1942 and Spath 1922
Sister taxa: Elobiceras bahiaense, Elobiceras browni, Elobiceras densicostatum, Elobiceras elobiensis, Elobiceras flexicostatum, Elobiceras hexagonum, Elobiceras intermedium, Elobiceras irregulare, Elobiceras lobitoense, Elobiceras newtoni, Elobiceras oxytropidoceratoides, Elobiceras primordiale, Elobiceras raymondi, Elobiceras spathianum, Elobiceras subelobiense, Elobiceras szajnochai
Type specimen: Its type locality is Locality 1, Shore at Old Lobito, which is in an Albian carbonate limestone in Angola
Ecology: fast-moving nektonic carnivore
Distribution:
• Cretaceous of Angola (3 collections), Nigeria (2)
Total: 5 collections each including a single occurrence
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