Cephalopoda - Ammonitida - Brancoceratidae
Alternative combinations: Mortoniceras (Pervinquieria) nanum, Mortoniceras nanum
Full reference: L. F. Spath. 1933. Ammonoidea of the Gault. Part X. Paleontographical Society, London 85(397):411-442
Belongs to Mortoniceras (Mortoniceras) according to W. J. Kennedy et al. 2008
See also Spath 1933 and Young 1977
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) 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
Type specimen: BMNH C35845, a shell
Ecology: fast-moving nektonic carnivore
Distribution:
• Cretaceous of Belgium (1 collection), Virgin Islands (1)
Total: 2 collections each including a single occurrence
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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