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Mortoniceras (Subschloenbachia) rostratum

Cephalopoda - Ammonitida - Brancoceratidae

Taxonomy
Ammonites rostratus was named by Sowerby (1817). It is a 3D body fossil.

It was recombined as Subschloenbachia rostratus by Spath (1921); it was recombined as Subschloenbachia rostrata by Spath (1922); it was recombined as Mortoniceras (Durnovarites) rostratum by Spath (1933); it was recombined as Pervinquieria rostrata by Monod et al. (2000); it was recombined as Mortoniceras rostratum by Arkadiev et al. (2000); it was recombined as Mortoniceras (Mortoniceras) rostratum by Szives (2007); it was recombined as Mortoniceras (Subschloenbachia) rostratum by Kennedy et al. (1998), Kennedy (2005), Kennedy and Latil (2007), El Qot (2018).

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1817Ammonites rostratus Sowerby p. 163 figs. pl. 173
1921Subschloenbachia rostratus Spath p. 284
1922Subschloenbachia rostrata Spath p. 119
1933Mortoniceras (Durnovarites) rostratum Spath
1998Mortoniceras (Subschloenbachia) rostratum Kennedy et al. p. 15
2000Mortoniceras rostratum Arkadiev et al. p. 113 figs. Pl 8, figs 1,2
2000Pervinquieria rostrata Monod et al. pp. 380 - 381 fig. 5a
2005Mortoniceras (Subschloenbachia) rostratum Kennedy p. 367 figs. 10J,K, 12, 13
2007Mortoniceras (Subschloenbachia) rostratum Kennedy and Latil
2007Mortoniceras (Mortoniceras) rostratum Szives p. 103
2018Mortoniceras (Subschloenbachia) rostratum El Qot p. 160 figs. 11F-H

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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
subgenusSubschloenbachia()
speciesrostratum()

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
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
partNmeanminimummaximummedians.d.
shell height237.531.844.338.08.84
shell diameter2105.786.0130.0108.031.1
shell inflation239.631.549.840.612.9

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: Late/Upper Albian or 106.30000 to 100.50000 Ma

Collections (27 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Albian113.2 - 100.5Madagascar Pervinquieria rostrata (98253)
Albian - Early/Lower Cenomanian113.2 - 93.9United Kingdom (England) Ammonites rostratus (198090 198091)
Late/Upper Albian106.3 - 100.5Egypt Mortoniceras rostratum (191707 191716)
Late/Upper Albian106.3 - 100.5Madagascar (Antsiranana) Pervinquieria rostrata (86507)
Late/Upper Albian106.3 - 100.5Armenia Mortoniceras rostratum (183304)
Late/Upper Albian106.3 - 100.5USA (Texas) Mortoniceras rostratum (82364 82366 82368 175112 175191 175192)
Late/Upper Albian106.3 - 100.5Serbia Mortoniceras rostratum (239132)
Late/Upper Albian106.3 - 100.5Madagascar (Mahajanga) Pervinquieria rostrata (98220)
Late/Upper Albian106.3 - 100.5Ukraine Mortoniceras rostratum (183294)
Late/Upper Albian106.3 - 100.5Angola Subschloenbachia rostrata (210726 210839)
Late/Upper Albian106.3 - 100.5Spain Mortoniceras rostratum (3824 3829)
Late/Upper Albian106.3 - 100.5Japan Mortoniceras rostratum (122277 122347)
Late/Upper Albian106.3 - 100.5France Mortoniceras rostratum (174464 174466 174471 174477 174480)