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Mortoniceras (Angolaites) gregoryi

Cephalopoda - Ammonitida - Brancoceratidae

Taxonomy
Subschloenbachia gregoryi was named by Spath (1922). Its type specimen is BMNH C.20066, a shell, and it is a 3D body fossil. Its type locality is Locality 2, hill-top above dam, Catumbella, which is in an Albian carbonate limestone in Angola. It is the type species of Angolaites.

It was recombined as Angolaites gregoryi by Spath (1932); it was recombined as Mortoniceras (Angolaites) gregoryi by Reyment (1955), Cooper and Kennedy (1979) and Kennedy et al. (1998).

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1922Subschloenbachia gregoryi Spath p. 127 figs. Pl 3, figs 1a,b
1932Angolaites gregoryi Spath p. 380
1955Mortoniceras (Angolaites) gregoryi Reyment p. 37 figs. Pl 4, fig 13; pl 6, figs 3a,b
1979Mortoniceras (Angolaites) gregoryi Cooper and Kennedy p. 283 figs. 39G, 71, 72C, 73D
1998Mortoniceras (Angolaites) gregoryi Kennedy et al. p. 24

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
—Bilateria
—EubilateriaAx 1987
—Protostomia
—Spiralia
superphylumLophotrochozoa
phylumMollusca
classCephalopodaCuvier 1797
subclassAmmonoidea()
RankNameAuthor
orderAmmonitida
suborderAmmonitinaHyatt 1889
superfamilyAcanthoceratoidea(de Grossouvre 1894)
familyBrancoceratidae
subfamilyMortoniceratinaeDouvillé 1912
genusMortonicerasMeek 1876
subgenusAngolaites(Spath 1932)
speciesgregoryi()

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
No measurements are available
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 105.30000 to 99.60000 Ma

Collections (5 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Late/Upper Albian105.3 - 99.6Nigeria Mortoniceras gregoryi (82735 82773)
Late/Upper Albian105.3 - 99.6Angola Mortoniceras gregoryi (232170) Schloenbachia inflata (210889) Subschloenbachia gregoryi (210842)