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Mantelliceras portalesi

Cephalopoda - Ammonitida - Acanthoceratidae

Taxonomy
Mantelliceras portalesi was named by Kellum and Mintz (1962). Its type specimen is UMMP 44721, a shell, and it is a mold. Its type locality is Loc. 61-98, Cuenca de Francisco [Indidura Fm], which is in a Cenomanian marine horizon in the Indidura Formation of Mexico.

Sister species lacking formal opinion data

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1962Mantelliceras portalesi Kellum and Mintz p. 273 figs. pl. 4, figs. 3, 4

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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)
familyAcanthoceratidaeGrossouvre 1894
subfamilyMantelliceratinaeHyatt 1903
genusMantellicerasHyatt 1903
speciesportalesi

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.

Mantelliceras portalesi Kellum and Mintz 1962
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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: Cenomanian or 100.50000 to 93.90000 Ma

Collections: one only


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Cenomanian100.5 - 93.9Mexico (Coahuila de Zaragoza) Mantelliceras portalesi (type locality: 88646)