Cephalopoda - Ammonitida - Brancoceratidae
Alternative combinations: Ammonites rostratus, Mortoniceras (Durnovarites) rostratum, Mortoniceras (Mortoniceras) rostratum, Mortoniceras rostratum, Pervinquieria rostrata, Subschloenbachia rostrata, Subschloenbachia rostratus
Full reference: J. Sowerby. 1817. In the mineral conchology of Great Britain; or colored figures and descriptions of those remains of testaceous animals or shells, which have been preserved at various times and depths in the Earth. Parts XXVII to XXXII. The mineral conchology of Great Britain 2(27-32):117-194
Belongs to Mortoniceras (Subschloenbachia) according to G. M. El Qot 2018
See also Arkadiev et al. 2000, Kennedy 2005, Kennedy et al. 1998, Kennedy and Latil 2007, Monod et al. 2000, Spath 1922, Spath 1933 and Szives 2007
Sister taxa: Mortoniceras (Subschloenbachia) perinflatum, Subschloenbachia ambigua, Subschloenbachia angolaensis, Subschloenbachia benguellaensis, Subschloenbachia cycloceratoides, Subschloenbachia dombensis, Subschloenbachia inflatiformis, Subschloenbachia irregularis, Subschloenbachia meunieri, Subschloenbachia neuparthi, Subschloenbachia orientalis, Subschloenbachia robusta, Subschloenbachia stoliczkai, Subschloenbachia striata
Ecology: fast-moving nektonic carnivore
Average measurements (in mm): shell diameter 105.7
Distribution:
• Cretaceous of Angola (2 collections), Armenia (1), Egypt (2), France (5), Japan (2), Madagascar (3), Spain (2), Ukraine (1), the United Kingdom (2), United States (6: Texas)
Total: 26 collections each including a single occurrence
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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