Cephalopoda - Ammonitida - Brancoceratidae
Alternative combination: Pervinquieria ornata
Synonym: Pagoceras simum van Hoepen 1951
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) pachys, Mortoniceras (Mortoniceras) potternense, Mortoniceras (Mortoniceras) quadrinodosum, Mortoniceras (Mortoniceras) recticostatum, Mortoniceras (Mortoniceras) subrotundum, Mortoniceras (Mortoniceras) vespertinus, Mortoniceras (Styphloceras) downii, Mortoniceras (Styphloceras) lowrii
Ecology: fast-moving nektonic carnivore
Average measurements (in mm): shell diameter 44.0
Distribution: found only at NE end of Lagoa Catuine, bed 3 (Cretaceous of Mozambique)
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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