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Mortoniceras (Deiradoceras)

Cephalopoda - Ammonitida - Brancoceratidae

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1931Deiradoceras Van Hoepen p. 52
1963Mortoniceras (Deiradoceras) Collignon
1975Mortoniceras (Deiradoceras) Förster p. 228
1982Mortoniceras (Deiradoceras) Renz p. 53
1999Mortoniceras (Deiradoceras) Kennedy et al.
2002Deiradoceras Sepkoski
2007Mortoniceras (Deiradoceras) Kennedy and Latil
2007Mortoniceras (Deiradoceras) Mosavinia et al. p. 91
2018Mortoniceras (Deiradoceras) El Qot p. 160

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
—Bilateria
—EubilateriaAx 1987
—Protostomia
—Spiralia
superphylumLophotrochozoa
phylumMollusca
classCephalopodaCuvier 1797
RankNameAuthor
subclassAmmonoidea()
orderAmmonitidaHaeckel 1866
suborderAmmonitinaHyatt 1889
superfamilyAcanthoceratoidea(de Grossouvre 1894)
familyBrancoceratidae
subfamilyMortoniceratinaeDouvillé 1912
genusMortonicerasMeek 1876
subgenusDeiradoceras()

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 (Deiradoceras) Van Hoepen 1931
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Invalid names: Deiradoceras besairiei Collignon 1950 [synonym], Deiradoceras fibulatum Collignon 1950 [synonym], Inflaticeras africanum Spath 1925 [synonym]
Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
partNmeanminimummaximummedians.d.
shell height1036.56.7085.048.524.4
shell diameter1098.015.5255.0130.576.2
shell inflation1040.66.00125.055.538.6

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 (20 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Albian113.2 - 100.5Madagascar Deiradoceras besairiei (98264) Deiradoceras varicostatum, Deiradoceras devonense, Deiradoceras besairiei (98245) Deiradoceras varisectum, Deiradoceras hirtzi, Deiradoceras cunningtoni (98250)
Albian113.2 - 100.5Canada (British Columbia) Mortoniceras sp. A (87478 87482) Mortoniceras sp. A, Mortoniceras sp. B (87477) Mortoniceras sp. B (87490)
Middle Albian - Late/Upper Albian110.1 - 100.5Madagascar (Mahajanga) Deiradoceras praerostatum, Deiradoceras mokarahense, Deiradoceras exile, Deiradoceras cunningtoni, Deiradoceras besairiei, Deiradoceras fibulatum (86506)
Late/Upper Albian106.3 - 100.5Madagascar Deiradoceras cunningtoni (98251)
Late/Upper Albian106.3 - 100.5Mozambique Mortoniceras devonense (174811) Mortoniceras prerostratum, Mortoniceras bispinosum (174617)
Late/Upper Albian106.3 - 100.5Madagascar (Antsiranana) Deiradoceras devonense (98215) Deiradoceras hubaulti, Deiradoceras cunningtoni (86507)
Late/Upper Albian106.3 - 100.5North Atlantic Mortoniceras exile (74358)
Late/Upper Albian106.3 - 100.5Iran Mortoniceras cunningtoni, Mortoniceras bipunctatum (174598)
Late/Upper Albian106.3 - 100.5Egypt Mortoniceras bipunctatum (191706)
Late/Upper Albian106.3 - 100.5Serbia Mortoniceras cunningtoni (239132)
Late/Upper Albian106.3 - 100.5Ecuador Mortoniceras sp. (56770)
Late/Upper Albian106.3 - 100.5Venezuela (Lara) Mortoniceras mokarahaense (87954) Mortoniceras prerostratum, Mortoniceras devonense, Mortoniceras exile (87953)