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Vascoceratidae

Vascoceratidae

Overview

Vascoceratidae H. Douvillé, 1912

Common Name: 

Extant/Extinct

Key morphological features: Shells are mostly smooth with little to no ribbing or ornamentation. Suture lines irregular, indented, and not very elaborate.

        SIZE:

Paleoecology:

        MOBILITY: Mobile (swim)

        FEEDING MODE: Predator

        HABITAT: epifaunal

Duration: Upper Cenomanian to Upper Turonian (Source: Wright et al., 1996).

Sources:

Wright, C. W., 1996. Ammonoidea, in Kaesler, R. L., ed., Treatise on Invertebrate Paleontology, Part L, Mollusca 4 Revised, Volume 4. The University of Kansas and Geological Society of America. 362 pp.


Genera of Vascoceratidae present in the Cretaceous of the Western Interior Seaway