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Mortoniceras (Rusoceras) nothum

Cephalopoda - Ammonitida - Brancoceratidae

Taxonomy
Rusoceras nothum was named by van Hoepen (1946). It is a 3D body fossil.

It was recombined as Mortoniceras (Rusoceras) nothum by Renz (1982).

Sister species lacking formal opinion data
M. arietiforme, M. evolutum

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1946Rusoceras nothum van Hoepen p. 238 figs. fig. 235-242
1982Mortoniceras (Rusoceras) nothum Renz p. 55

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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
subgenusRusoceras
speciesnothum(van Hoepen 1946)

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 106.30000 to 100.50000 Ma

Collections: one only


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Late/Upper Albian106.3 - 100.5Venezuela (Lara) Mortoniceras nothum (87953)