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Mollusca
Cephalopoda
Ammonoidea
Vascoceratidae
Vascoceras
Vascoceras birchbyi
Vascoceras birchbyi
Phylum:
Mollusca
Class:
Cephalopoda
Order:
Ammonoidea
Family:
Vascoceratidae
Genus:
Vascoceras
Species:
Vascoceras birchbyi
Cobban and Scott, 1972
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Geological Range
Vascoceras birchbyi Zone
: Lower Turonian 93.48 ± 0.58
Cenomanian to Turonian
Paleogeographic Distribution
New Mexico to Colorado
Stratigraphic Occurrences
Turonian
Colorado Shale (NM)
Greenhorn Limestone (CO)
Greenhorn Limestone (Bridge Creek Member) (CO)
Cenomanian
Bridge Creek (CO)
Unknown Stage
Greenhorn Limestone (CO)
Niobrara Formation (CO)
Niobrara Formation (Smoky Hill Mbr) (KS)
Holotype of
Vascoceras birchbyi
(USNM 164022). Original unmodified images provided by courtesy of the Smithsonian NMNH and adapted and presented here under a Creative Commons BY-NC 4.0 license (NMNH GUID http://n2t.net/ark:/65665/34f93ab0c-be27-4c16-a443-fbc58c2fb8d7).
Vascoceras birchbyi
(FHSM 1416a).
Stratigraphic position unknown