Cephalopoda - Ammonitida - Collignoniceratidae
Alternative spelling: Mortoniceras (Submortoniceras)
Synonyms: Butticeras Anderson 1958, Jimenesites Carrasco 1967, Jimenites Carrasco 1967
Full reference: L. F. Spath. 1926. On new ammonites from the English Chalk. Geological Magazine 63:77-83
Parent taxon: Texanitinae according to W. J. Kennedy and W. A. Cobban 1993
See also Anderson 1958, Haggart and Ward 1989, Kennedy et al. 1973, Matsumoto 1959, Matsumoto 1960, Sepkoski 2002 and Wright et al. 1996
Sister taxa: Aneuretoceras, Bevahites, Cryptotexanites, Defordiceras, Menabites, Neogauthiericeras, Paratexanites, Pleurotexanites, Protexanites, Reginaites, Texanites
Subtaxa: Submortoniceras buttense Submortoniceras chicoense Submortoniceras punctatum Submortoniceras studleyi Submortoniceras uddeni Submortoniceras vandaliaense Submortoniceras woodsi
Type: Mortoniceras woodsi
Ecology: fast-moving nektonic carnivore
Distribution:
• Cretaceous of France (1 collection), Germany (1), the Russian Federation (1), South Africa (7), United States (17: California, Delaware, Texas)
Total: 27 collections including 41 occurrences
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