Cephalopoda - Ammonitida - Sphenodiscidae
Full reference: P. M. P. Zaborski. 1982. Campanian and Maastrichtian sphenodiscid ammonites from southern Nigeria. Bull. Br. Mus. nat. Hist. (Geol.) 36(4):303-332
Belongs to Libycoceras according to P. M. P. Zaborski 1982
Sister taxa: Libycoceras acutodorsatus, Libycoceras afikpoense, Libycoceras dandense, Libycoceras ismaelis
Type specimen: BMNH C.82131, a shell. Its type locality is Fauna 12, 36.3-36.7 km from Calabar, south-east Nigeria, which is in a Campanian offshore shale in the Nkporo Shale Formation of Nigeria.
Ecology: fast-moving nektonic carnivore
Distribution:
• Cretaceous of Mali (1 collection), Niger (3), Nigeria (1)
Total: 5 collections each including a single occurrence
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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