Morrowites dixeyi Reyment 1955 (ammonite)

Cephalopoda - Ammonitida - Acanthoceratidae

Alternative combination: Mammites dixeyi

Full reference: R. A. Reyment. 1955. The Cretaceous Ammonoidea of southern Nigeria and the southern Cameroons. Geological Survey of Nigeria Bulletin 25:1-112

Belongs to Morrowites according to W. A. Cobban and S. C. Hook 1983

See also Reyment 1955

Sister taxa: Morrowites depressus, Morrowites mocamedensis, Morrowites subdepressus, Morrowites wingi

Subtaxa: Mammites dixeyi laevis

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Ecology: fast-moving nektonic carnivore

Distribution: found only at Aboine River, Ezillo, Ogoja Province (Cretaceous of Nigeria)

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