Cephalopoda - Ammonitida - Brancoceratidae
Full reference: W. A. Cobban. 1987. Ammonite Faunas of the Sarten Sandstone (Cretaceous), Luna County, New Mexico. United States Geological Survey Bulletin (1641-B)
Belongs to Mortoniceras according to W. A. Cobban 1987
Sister taxa: Mortoniceras (Angolaites), Mortoniceras (Boeseites), Mortoniceras (Deiradoceras), Mortoniceras (Mortoniceras), Mortoniceras (Rusoceras), Mortoniceras (Subschloenbachia), Mortoniceras equidistans, Mortoniceras gainesana, Mortoniceras scobinum, Inflaticeras evolutum
Type specimen: USNM 9878, a shell
Ecology: fast-moving nektonic carnivore
Distribution: found only at USGS Mesozoic D10184, Rattlesnake Ridge (Cretaceous of New Mexico)
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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