Cephalopoda - Ammonitida - Brancoceratidae
Alternative combination: Rusoceras densecostatum
Belongs to Mortoniceras (Mortoniceras) according to O. Renz 1982
Sister taxa: Mortoniceras (Mortoniceras) aequatorealis, Mortoniceras (Mortoniceras) albense, Mortoniceras (Mortoniceras) arietiforme, 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) pachys, 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: found only at 18 km WSW of Escuque [La Puya Fm] (Cretaceous of Venezuela)
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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