Mortoniceras (Boeseites) Young 1968 (ammonite)

Cephalopoda - Ammonitida - Brancoceratidae

Full reference: K. P. Young. 1968. Upper Albian (Cretaceous Mortoniceras romeri Zone) ammonites in Texas and Mexico. Journal of Paleontology 42(1):70-80

Parent taxon: Mortoniceras according to K. P. Young 1968

Sister taxa: Mortoniceras (Angolaites), Mortoniceras (Deiradoceras), Mortoniceras (Mortoniceras), Mortoniceras (Rusoceras), Mortoniceras (Subschloenbachia), Mortoniceras equidistans, Mortoniceras gainesana, Mortoniceras leonense, Mortoniceras scobinum, Inflaticeras evolutum

Subtaxa: Mortoniceras (Boeseites) barbouri Mortoniceras (Boeseites) howelli Mortoniceras (Boeseites) perarmata Mortoniceras (Boeseites) proteus Mortoniceras (Boeseites) romeri

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Ecology: fast-moving nektonic carnivore

Distribution:

• Cretaceous of Angola (1 collection), Nigeria (2)

Total: 3 collections including 7 occurrences

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