Mortoniceras (Mortoniceras) arietiforme Spath 1922 (ammonite)

Cephalopoda - Ammonitida - Brancoceratidae

Alternative combinations: Elobiceras arietiforme, Pervinquieria arietiformis

Full reference: L. F. Spath. 1922. On Cretaceous Ammonoidea from Angola, collected by Professor J. W. Gregory, D.Sc., F.R.S. Transactions of the Royal Society of Edinburgh 53:91-160

Belongs to Mortoniceras (Mortoniceras) according to O. Renz 1982

See also Haas 1942 and Spath 1922

Sister taxa: Mortoniceras (Mortoniceras) aequatorealis, Mortoniceras (Mortoniceras) albense, 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) pachys, Mortoniceras (Mortoniceras) potternense, Mortoniceras (Mortoniceras) quadrinodosum, Mortoniceras (Mortoniceras) recticostatum, Mortoniceras (Mortoniceras) subrotundum, Mortoniceras (Mortoniceras) vespertinus, Mortoniceras (Styphloceras) downii, Mortoniceras (Styphloceras) lowrii

Subtaxa: Pervinquieria arietiformis compressa Pervinquieria arietiformis elegans Pervinquieria arietiformis levicostata

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Ecology: fast-moving nektonic carnivore

Distribution:

• Cretaceous of Angola (3 collections), Colombia (19), Madagascar (1), Venezuela (2)

Total: 25 collections including 26 occurrences

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