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Mortoniceras (Mortoniceras) inflatum

Cephalopoda - Ammonitida - Brancoceratidae

Taxonomy

Ammonites inflatus was named by Sowerby (1818). It is considered to be a form taxon. It is a 3D body fossil.

It was recombined as Schloenbachia inflata by Szajnocha (1885), Choffat (1888), Meunier (1888), Choffat (1905) and Boule et al. (1907); it was recombined as Mortoniceras inflatum by Pervinquière (1907); it was recombined as Mortoniceras (Durnovarites) inflatum by Spath (1922); it was recombined as Mortoniceras (Pervinquieria) inflatum by Spath (1932); it was recombined as Pervinquieria inflata by Haas (1942), Besairie and Collignon (1972); it was recombined as Mortoniceras (Mortoniceras) inflatum by Amédro et al. (2004), Szives (2007), Mosavinia et al. (2007), Kennedy and Latil (2007), El Qot (2018).

Subspecies

Ammonites inflatus circumspinosus, Pervinquieria inflata aequatorealis, Schloenbachia inflata aequatorealis

Sister species lacking formal opinion data

M. arietiforme, M. evolutum

Synonyms

Mortoniceras (Pervinquieria) commune was named by Spath (1932).

It was synonymized subjectively with Mortoniceras (Pervinquieria) inflatum by Amédro et al. (2004).

Synonymy list

Year	Name and author
1818	Ammonites inflatus Sowerby
1885	Schloenbachia inflata Szajnocha p. 232 figs. Pl 1, fig 1; pl 2, figs 1-3
1888	Schloenbachia inflata Choffat p. 62 figs. Pl 1, figs 1,2
1888	Schloenbachia inflata Meunier p. 61
1905	Schloenbachia inflata Choffat p. 35 figs. Pl 4, figs 1,2
1907	Schloenbachia inflata Boule et al. p. 41
1907	Mortoniceras inflatum Pervinquière p. 207
1922	Mortoniceras (Durnovarites) inflatum Spath
1932	Mortoniceras (Pervinquieria) inflatum Spath
1932	Mortoniceras (Pervinquieria) commune Spath p. 397 figs. pl. 40, fig. 6; text-fig. 134
1942	Pervinquieria inflata Haas p. 68 figs. Pl 10, fig 4
1972	Pervinquieria inflata Besairie and Collignon
2004	Mortoniceras (Mortoniceras) inflatum Amédro et al.
2007	Mortoniceras (Mortoniceras) inflatum Kennedy and Latil
2007	Mortoniceras (Mortoniceras) inflatum Mosavinia et al. p. 85 figs. 4A,B, 5A,B, 7C,D
2007	Mortoniceras (Mortoniceras) inflatum Szives p. 102 figs. Pl 24, fig 15
2018	Mortoniceras (Mortoniceras) inflatum El Qot p. 160 figs. 11A,E, 12F

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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	Mortoniceras	Meek 1876
species	inflatum	()

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 (Mortoniceras) inflatum Sowerby 1818

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†Pervinquieria inflata aequatorealis Kossmat 1907

†Schloenbachia inflata aequatorealis Kossmat 1895

Invalid names: Mortoniceras (Pervinquieria) commune Spath 1932 [synonym]

†Ammonites inflatus circumspinosus Quenstedt 1857

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Diagnosis

No diagnoses are available

Measurements

part	N	mean	minimum	maximum	median	s.d.
shell height	3	66.8	53.0	75.0	75.0	12.7
shell diameter	3	221.9	165.0	288.0	230.0	61.5
shell inflation	3	109.6	72.0	144.0	127.0	37.6

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: base of the Late/Upper Albian to the top of the Early/Lower Cenomanian or 106.30000 to 93.90000 Ma

Collections (21 total)

Time interval	Ma	Country or state	Original ID and collection number
Albian	113.2 - 100.5	USA (California)	Pervinquieria inflata (83771)
Albian	113.2 - 100.5	USA (Oregon)	Mortoniceras inflatum (229463)
Albian	113.2 - 100.5	Madagascar	Pervinquieria inflata (98264)
Late/Upper Albian	106.3 - 100.5	France	Mortoniceras inflatum (58122 58125 58527)
Late/Upper Albian	106.3 - 100.5	Madagascar	Pervinquieria inflata (98265)
Late/Upper Albian	106.3 - 100.5	Iran	Mortoniceras inflatum (174598)
Late/Upper Albian	106.3 - 100.5	Egypt	Mortoniceras inflatum (191706 191715)
Late/Upper Albian	106.3 - 100.5	Egypt (Sinai)	Mortoniceras inflatum (50273)
Late/Upper Albian	106.3 - 100.5	Madagascar (Mahajanga)	Pervinquieria inflata (98220)
Late/Upper Albian	106.3 - 100.5	Mexico (Durango)	Schloenbachia inflata (87610)
Late/Upper Albian	106.3 - 100.5	Angola	Pervinquieria inflata (83840) Schloenbachia inflata (210851 210890) Subschloenbachia aequatorialis (210730 210731 210811 210841)
Early/Lower Cenomanian	100.5 - 93.9	Mexico (Zacatecas)	Schloenbachia inflata (87607)