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Mortoniceras (Boeseites) barbouri

Cephalopoda - Ammonitida - Brancoceratidae

Taxonomy
Pervinquieria barbouri was named by Haas (1942) [DISTRIBUTION: Upper Albian; West Africa.]. It is not a trace fossil. Its type locality is Hanha, near Lobito (Vernay collection), which is in an Albian carbonate limestone in Angola.

It was recombined as Mortoniceras (Mortoniceras) barbouri by Reyment (1955); it was recombined as Mortoniceras (Boeseites) barbouri by Young (1968).

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1942Pervinquieria barbouri Haas p. 75 figs. pl. 12, figs. 2a-c
1955Mortoniceras (Mortoniceras) barbouri Reyment p. 35
1968Mortoniceras (Boeseites) barbouri Young

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
—Bilateria
—EubilateriaAx 1987
—Protostomia
—Spiralia
superphylumLophotrochozoa
phylumMollusca
classCephalopodaCuvier 1797
subclassAmmonoidea()
RankNameAuthor
orderAmmonitidaHaeckel 1866
suborderAmmonitinaHyatt 1889
superfamilyAcanthoceratoidea(de Grossouvre 1894)
familyBrancoceratidae
subfamilyMortoniceratinaeDouvillé 1912
genusMortonicerasMeek 1876
subgenusBoeseites
speciesbarbouri()

If no rank is listed, the taxon is considered an unranked clade in modern classifications. Ranks may be repeated or presented in the wrong order because authors working on different parts of the classification may disagree about how to rank taxa.

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Diagnosis
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