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Mortoniceras (Boeseites)

Cephalopoda - Ammonitida - Brancoceratidae

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1968Mortoniceras (Boeseites) Young pp. 71-73

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

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.

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 105.30000 to 99.60000 Ma

Collections (3 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Late/Upper Albian105.3 - 99.6Angola Pervinquieria romeri, Pervinquieria perarmata, Pervinquieria barbouri, Pervinquieria howelli, Pervinquieria proteus (83840)
Late/Upper Albian105.3 - 99.6Nigeria Mortoniceras barbouri (210702) Mortoniceras romeri (82770)