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Mortoniceras (Deiradoceras) devonense

Cephalopoda - Ammonitida - Brancoceratidae

Taxonomy

Mortoniceras (Deiradoceras) devonense was named by Spath (1933). It is a 3D body fossil.

Sister species lacking formal opinion data

Deiradoceras hirtzi, Deiradoceras hubaulti, Deiradoceras praerostatum, Deiradoceras varicostatum, Deiradoceras varisectum, Deiradoceras mokarahense, M. arietiforme, M. evolutum

Synonymy list

Year	Name and author
1933	Mortoniceras (Deiradoceras) devonense Spath p. 419 figs. pl. 39, fig. 1a-b, pl. 41, figs. 5a-b; pl. 46, fig. 10a-b; pl. 47, fig. 5; text-figs. 144b-c, 145 a
1975	Mortoniceras (Deiradoceras) devonense Förster p. 232
1982	Mortoniceras (Deiradoceras) devonense Renz p. 54

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Rank	Name	Author
kingdom	Animalia	()
—	Bilateria
—	Eubilateria	Ax 1987
—	Protostomia
—	Spiralia
superphylum	Lophotrochozoa
phylum	Mollusca
class	Cephalopoda	Cuvier 1797
subclass	Ammonoidea	()

Rank	Name	Author
order	Ammonitida	Haeckel 1866
suborder	Ammonitina	Hyatt 1889
superfamily	Acanthoceratoidea	(de Grossouvre 1894)
family	Brancoceratidae
subfamily	Mortoniceratinae	Douvillé 1912
genus	Mortoniceras	Meek 1876
subgenus	Deiradoceras	()
species	devonense

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.

†Mortoniceras (Deiradoceras) devonense Spath 1933

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Diagnosis

No diagnoses are available

Measurements

part	N	mean	minimum	maximum	median	s.d.
shell height	2	10.4	6.70	16.0	11.3	6.58
shell diameter	2	23.9	15.5	37.0	26.2	15.2
shell inflation	2	8.83	6.00	13.0	9.50	4.95

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 (4 total)

Time interval	Ma	Country or state	Original ID and collection number
Albian	113.2 - 100.5	Madagascar	Deiradoceras devonense (98245)
Late/Upper Albian	106.3 - 100.5	Mozambique	Mortoniceras devonense (174811)
Late/Upper Albian	106.3 - 100.5	Madagascar (Antsiranana)	Deiradoceras devonense (98215)
Late/Upper Albian	106.3 - 100.5	Venezuela (Lara)	Mortoniceras devonense (87953)