Cephalopoda - Ammonitida - Brancoceratidae
Alternative combinations: Pervinquieria evoluta, Subschloenbachia evoluta
Synonyms: Ophryoceras crassinodosum van Hoepen 1946, Ophryoceras jugosum van Hoepen 1942, Pervinquieria salebrosa van Hoepen 1942
Full reference: L. F. Spath. 1922. On Cretaceous Ammonoidea from Angola, collected by Professor J. W. Gregory, D.Sc., F.R.S. Transactions of the Royal Society of Edinburgh 53:91-160
Belongs to Mortoniceras (Mortoniceras) according to R. A. Reyment 1955
See also Haas 1942 and Spath 1922
Sister taxa: Mortoniceras (Mortoniceras) aequatorealis, Mortoniceras (Mortoniceras) albense, Mortoniceras (Mortoniceras) arietiforme, Mortoniceras (Mortoniceras) densecostatum, 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
Distribution:
• Cretaceous of Angola (3 collections), Nigeria (2)
Total: 5 collections each including a single occurrence
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