Morewites Shigeta 2014 (ammonite)

Cephalopoda - Ammonitida - Nostoceratidae

Full reference: Y. Shigeta. 2014. Morewites, a new Campanian (Late Cretaceous) heteromorph ammonoid genus from Hokkaido, Japan. Paleontological Research 18(1):1-5

Parent taxon: Nostoceratidae according to Y. Shigeta 2014

Sister taxa: Amapondella, Anaklinoceras, Ankinatsytes, Axonoceras, Bostrychoceras, Bostrychoceratinae, Cirroceras, Didymoceras, Emperoceratinae, Eubostrychoceras, Exicrioceras, Exiteloceras, Helicoceras, Hyphantoceras, Hyphantoceratinae, Jouaniceras, Neoturrilites, Nipponites, Nostoceras, Notoceras, Pravitoceras, Tridenticeras, Turrilitoides

Subtaxa: Morewites sakakibarai

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Type: Morewites sakakibarai

Ecology: fast-moving nektonic carnivore

Distribution: found only at NMNS PCL 2-65-1, Ikandai, Urakawa area (Cretaceous of Japan)

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