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Mortoniceras (Mortoniceras) arietiforme

Cephalopoda - Ammonitida - Brancoceratidae

Taxonomy
Elobiceras arietiforme was named by Spath (1922) [DISTRIBUTION: Albian.]. It is a 3D body fossil. Its type locality is Catumbella (Couches à Schloenbachia inflata), which is in an Albian carbonate limestone in the Catumbela Formation of Angola.

It was recombined as Pervinquieria arietiformis by Haas (1942); it was recombined as Mortoniceras (Mortoniceras) arietiforme by Renz (1982).

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1922Elobiceras arietiforme Spath p. 137 figs. Pl 2, figs 6a,b
1942Pervinquieria arietiformis Haas p. 90
1982Mortoniceras (Mortoniceras) arietiforme Renz p. 53

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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
subgenusMortonicerasMeek 1876
speciesarietiforme()

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 2003, Kiessling 2004

Age range: Late/Upper Albian or 106.30000 to 100.50000 Ma

Collections (23 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Late/Upper Albian106.3 - 100.5Venezuela (Lara) Mortoniceras arietiforme (87951)
Late/Upper Albian106.3 - 100.5Colombia Mortoniceras arietiforme (67508 67509 67513 67514 67516 67517 67518 67519 67521 67522 67523 67524 67525 67526 67527 67529 67530 67533 67534)
Late/Upper Albian106.3 - 100.5Angola Elobiceras arietiforme (210811 210851) Pervinquieria arietiformis (83840)