Rank Genus Subclass Ammonites | Superfamily Acanthocerataceae | |
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Similar Ammonites, Tissotia, Reineckeia, Tragophylloceras, Virgatites | ||
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.
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Distribution
Fossils of species within this genus have been found in the Cretaceous sediments of Angola, Brazil, Colombia, Egypt, France, Mexico, Nigeria, Oman, Peru, Tunisia, United States and Venezuela.
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