Cephalopoda - Ammonitida - Brancoceratidae
Alternative combination: Schloenbachia aequatorealis
Belongs to Mortoniceras (Mortoniceras) according to R. Förster 1975
Sister taxa: 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) recticostatum, Mortoniceras (Mortoniceras) subrotundum, Mortoniceras (Mortoniceras) vespertinus, Mortoniceras (Styphloceras) lowrii, Mortoniceras (Styphloceras) downii
Ecology: fast-moving nektonic carnivore
Average measurements (in mm): shell diameter 35.0
Distribution: found only at NE end of Lagoa Catuine, bed 4 (Cretaceous of Mozambique)
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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