Cephalopoda - Ammonitida - Brancoceratidae
Alternative combination: Ammonites pachys
Belongs to Mortoniceras (Mortoniceras) according to O. Renz 1982
See also Reyment 1955
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) potternense, Mortoniceras (Mortoniceras) quadrinodosum, Mortoniceras (Mortoniceras) recticostatum, Mortoniceras (Mortoniceras) subrotundum, Mortoniceras (Mortoniceras) vespertinus, Mortoniceras (Styphloceras) lowrii, Mortoniceras (Styphloceras) downii
Ecology: fast-moving nektonic carnivore
Distribution:
• Cretaceous of Nigeria (2 collections), Venezuela (1)
Total: 3 collections each including a single occurrence
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