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Mortoniceras (Mortoniceras)

Cephalopoda - Ammonitida - Brancoceratidae

Synonyms
Synonymy list
YearName and author
1876Mortoniceras (Mortoniceras) Meek
1951Pervinquieria (Styphloceras) Van Hoepen p. 300
1955Mortoniceras (Mortoniceras) Reyment p. 29
1955Pervinquieria (Styphloceras) Van Hoepen pp. 359-360
1972Mortoniceras (Styphloceras) McLearn p. 72
1975Mortoniceras (Mortoniceras) Förster p. 233
1998Mortoniceras (Mortoniceras) Kennedy et al. p. 15
2007Mortoniceras (Mortoniceras) Mosavinia et al. p. 85
2007Mortoniceras (Mortoniceras) Szives p. 102
2008Mortoniceras (Mortoniceras) Kennedy et al. p. 42
2016Mortoniceras (Mortoniceras) Sharifi et al. p. 597
2018Mortoniceras (Mortoniceras) El Qot p. 160

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

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.

Subg. †Mortoniceras (Mortoniceras) Meek 1876
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Invalid names: Ophryoceras crassinodosum van Hoepen 1946 [synonym], Ophryoceras jugosum van Hoepen 1942 [synonym], Pervinquieria salebrosa van Hoepen 1942 [synonym]
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Invalid names: Mortoniceras (Pervinquieria) commune Spath 1932 [synonym]
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Invalid names: Pagoceras simum van Hoepen 1951 [synonym]
Invalid names: Pervinquieria (Styphloceras) Van Hoepen 1951 [synonym]
Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
partNmeanminimummaximummedians.d.
shell height1226.06.0075.038.526.7
shell diameter1273.617.0288.0102.588.1
shell inflation1230.07.50144.040.045.9

Composition: aragoniteo
Environment: marinec
Locomotion: fast-movingo
Life habit: nektonico
Diet: carnivoreo
Vision: well-developedc
Created: 2005-01-28 02:27:03
Modified: 2009-10-08 14:14:55
Source: o = order, c = class
References: Kiessling 2004, Kiessling 2003

Age range: base of the Early/Lower Albian to the top of the Early/Lower Cenomanian or 112.03000 to 93.50000 Ma

Collections (67 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Albian113.0 - 100.5Madagascar Pervinquieria arietiformis (98250) Pervinquieria inflata (98264)
Albian113.0 - 100.5USA (California) Pervinquieria inflata (83771)
Albian113.0 - 100.5Canada (British Columbia) Mortoniceras downii (87479)
Early/Lower Albian112.03 - 109.0Venezuela (Trujillo) Mortoniceras pachys, Mortoniceras densecostatum (87968)
Late/Upper Albian105.3 - 99.6Germany (Brandenburg) Mortoniceras albense (126920)
Late/Upper Albian105.3 - 99.6Virgin Islands, U.S. Mortoniceras nanum (209728)
Late/Upper Albian105.3 - 99.6Mozambique Mortoniceras albense (174832) Mortoniceras ornatum (174811) Mortoniceras recticostatum, Mortoniceras aequatorealis (174812)
Late/Upper Albian105.3 - 99.6Angola Elobiceras arietiforme, Schloenbachia inflata (210851) Elobiceras arietiforme, Subschloenbachia subrotunda, Subschloenbachia aequatorialis (210811) Pervinquieria arietiformis, Pervinquieria inflata, Pervinquieria evoluta (83840) Schloenbachia inflata (210890) Schloenbachia lenzi (210888) Subschloenbachia aequatorialis (210731 210841) Subschloenbachia evoluta (210736) Subschloenbachia subrotunda (210733 210739) Subschloenbachia subrotunda, Subschloenbachia aequatorialis (210730)
Late/Upper Albian105.3 - 99.6Belgium Mortoniceras fallax, Mortoniceras nanum (174924)
Late/Upper Albian105.3 - 99.6Madagascar Pervinquieria inflata (98265)
Late/Upper Albian105.3 - 99.6Egypt Mortoniceras inflatum (191706 191715)
Late/Upper Albian105.3 - 99.6Madagascar (Mahajanga) Pervinquieria inflata (98220)
Late/Upper Albian105.3 - 99.6Colombia Mortoniceras arietiforme (67508 67509 67513 67514 67516 67517 67518 67519 67521 67522 67523 67524 67525 67526 67527 67529 67530 67533 67534)
Late/Upper Albian105.3 - 99.6Iran Mortoniceras fallax (183698) Mortoniceras fissicostatum (174596) Mortoniceras inflatum, Mortoniceras fissicostatum (174598)
Late/Upper Albian105.3 - 99.6Nigeria Mortoniceras evolutum (82731) Mortoniceras pachys (82766) Mortoniceras pachys, Mortoniceras evolutum, Mortoniceras nodosocostatum (82771) Mortoniceras quadrinodosum (82772 82773 210681) Mortoniceras quadrinodosum, Mortoniceras nodosocostatum (82767) Mortoniceras sp., Mortoniceras kiliani, Mortoniceras multicostatum (82770) Mortoniceras subrotundum (82764)
Late/Upper Albian105.3 - 99.6Mexico (Durango) Schloenbachia inflata (87610)
Late/Upper Albian105.3 - 99.6USA (California) Mortoniceras kiliani (225645) Mortoniceras nodosocostatum (225652)
Late/Upper Albian105.3 - 99.6France Mortoniceras fallax (56541) Mortoniceras inflatum (58122 58125 58527)
Late/Upper Albian105.3 - 99.6Venezuela (Lara) Mortoniceras arietiforme (87951 87953)
Early/Lower Cenomanian99.6 - 93.5Mexico (Zacatecas) Schloenbachia inflata (87607)