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†Mortoniceras (Mortoniceras) recticostatum Spath 1925 (ammonite)

Cephalopoda - Ammonitida - Brancoceratidae

Alternative combination: Inflaticeras recticostatum

Belongs to Mortoniceras (Mortoniceras) according to R. Förster 1975

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) pachys, Mortoniceras (Mortoniceras) potternense, Mortoniceras (Mortoniceras) quadrinodosum, Mortoniceras (Mortoniceras) subrotundum, Mortoniceras (Mortoniceras) vespertinus, Mortoniceras (Styphloceras) downii, Mortoniceras (Styphloceras) lowrii

Ecology: fast-moving nektonic carnivore

Average measurements (in mm): shell diameter 56.6

Distribution: found only at NE end of Lagoa Catuine, bed 4 (Cretaceous of Mozambique)

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