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Mortoniceras (Mortoniceras) potternense

Cephalopoda - Ammonitida - Brancoceratidae

Taxonomy
Mortoniceras (Pervinquieria) potternense was named by Spath (1932). It is a 3D body fossil.

It was recombined as Mortoniceras (Mortoniceras) potternense by Amédro et al. (2004).

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1932Mortoniceras (Pervinquieria) potternense Spath p. 398 figs. pl. 37, fig. 5a-b; pl. 46, fig. 10; text-fig. 135
2004Mortoniceras (Mortoniceras) potternense Amédro et al.

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
Bilateria
EubilateriaAx 1987
Protostomia
Spiralia
superphylumLophotrochozoa
phylumMollusca
classCephalopodaCuvier 1797
subclassAmmonoidea()
RankNameAuthor
orderAmmonitida
suborderAmmonitinaHyatt 1889
superfamilyAcanthoceratoidea(de Grossouvre 1894)
familyBrancoceratidae
subfamilyMortoniceratinaeDouvillé 1912
genusMortonicerasMeek 1876
subgenusMortonicerasMeek 1876
speciespotternense()

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 2003, Kiessling 2004
Collections
No collection or age range data are available