• Source: Vascoceras

Vascoceras is an extinct genus of Cretaceous ammonites included in the family Vascoceratidae. These fast-moving nektonic carnivores lived in the Cretaceous period from the late Cenomanian to the early Turonian. The type species of the genus is Vascoceras gamai from Portugal.




Species


The following species of Vascoceras have been described:




Distribution


The type species was first described in Portugal. Fossils of species within this genus have been found in the Cretaceous sediments of Angola, Brazil, Colombia (La Frontera Formation), Egypt, France, Mexico, Nigeria, Oman, Peru, Tunisia, United States and Venezuela.




References






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Patarroyo, Pedro (2016), "Amonoideos y otros macrofósiles del lectoestratotipo de la Formación la Frontera, Turoniano inferior - medio (Cretácico Superior) en San Francisco, Cundinamarca (Colombia)" (PDF), Boletín de Geología, Universidad Industrial de Santander, 38: 41–54, retrieved 2017-04-04

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