Cephalopoda - Ammonitida - Brancoceratidae
Alternative combinations: Ammonites vespertinus, Mortoniceras vespertinus
Full reference: S. G. Morton. 1834. . Synopsis of the organic remains of the Cretaceous group of the United States. Illustrated by nineteen plates, to which is added an appendix containing a tabular view of the Tertiary fossils discovered in America. Key & Biddle, Philadelphia 1-88
Belongs to Mortoniceras (Mortoniceras) according to W. J. Kennedy et al. 1998
See also Meek 1876 and Wright 1952
Sister taxa: Mortoniceras (Mortoniceras) aequatorealis, Mortoniceras (Mortoniceras) albense, Mortoniceras (Mortoniceras) arietiforme, Mortoniceras (Mortoniceras) densecostatum, Mortoniceras (Mortoniceras) evolutum, Mortoniceras (Mortoniceras) fallax, Mortoniceras (Mortoniceras) fissicostatum, Mortoniceras (Mortoniceras) inflatum, Mortoniceras (Mortoniceras) kiliani, Mortoniceras (Mortoniceras) multicostatum, Mortoniceras (Mortoniceras) nanum, Mortoniceras (Mortoniceras) nodosocostatum, Mortoniceras (Mortoniceras) ornatum, Mortoniceras (Mortoniceras) pachys, Mortoniceras (Mortoniceras) potternense, Mortoniceras (Mortoniceras) quadrinodosum, Mortoniceras (Mortoniceras) recticostatum, Mortoniceras (Mortoniceras) subrotundum, Mortoniceras (Styphloceras) downii, Mortoniceras (Styphloceras) lowrii
Ecology: fast-moving nektonic carnivore
Distribution: there are no occurrences of Mortoniceras (Mortoniceras) vespertinus in the database
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