Cephalopoda - Ammonitida - Brancoceratidae
Synonyms: Durnovarites spinosum von Hoepen 1951, Mortoniceras (Durnovarites) levecostatum Reyment 1955, Pervinquieria (Cantabrigites) subnana Breistroffer 1947
Belongs to Mortoniceras (Durnovarites) according to M. R. Cooper and W. J. Kennedy 1979
See also Reyment 1955
Sister taxa: Mortoniceras (Subschloenbachia) perinflatum, Mortoniceras (Subschloenbachia) rostratum, Subschloenbachia ambigua, Subschloenbachia angolaensis, Subschloenbachia benguellaensis, Subschloenbachia cycloceratoides, Subschloenbachia dombensis, Subschloenbachia inflatiformis, Subschloenbachia irregularis, Subschloenbachia meunieri, Subschloenbachia neuparthi, Subschloenbachia orientalis, Subschloenbachia robusta, Subschloenbachia stoliczkai, Subschloenbachia striata
Ecology: fast-moving nektonic carnivore
Distribution:
• Cretaceous of Angola (1 collection), France (5), Nigeria (1)
Total: 7 collections each including a single occurrence
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