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Mortoniceras (Angolaites) wintoni

Cephalopoda - Ammonitida - Brancoceratidae

Taxonomy
Schloenbachia wintoni was named by Adkins (1920) [DISTRIBUTION: Albian.]. It is not a trace fossil.

It was recombined as Mortoniceras (Mortoniceras) wintoni by Reyment (1955); it was recombined as Mortoniceras (Angolaites) wintoni by Kennedy et al. (1998).

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1920Schloenbachia wintoni Adkins p. 90 figs. pl. 3, figs. 8-11
1955Mortoniceras (Mortoniceras) wintoni Reyment p. 37 figs. Pl 4, fig 11
1998Mortoniceras (Angolaites) wintoni Kennedy et al. p. 31

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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)
specieswintoni(Adkins 1920)

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 height249.549.549.549.5-
shell diameter2133.0133.0133.0133.0-
shell inflation250.550.550.550.5-

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 2003, Kiessling 2004

Age range: Late/Upper Albian or 105.30000 to 99.60000 Ma

Collections (2 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Late/Upper Albian105.3 - 99.6USA (Texas) Mortoniceras wintoni (82361)
Late/Upper Albian105.3 - 99.6Nigeria Mortoniceras wintoni (210701)