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Mortoniceras (Boeseites) howelli

Cephalopoda - Ammonitida - Brancoceratidae

Taxonomy
Pervinquieria howelli was named by Haas (1942) [DISTRIBUTION: Upper Albian; West Africa.]. It is a 3D body fossil. Its type locality is Hanha, near Lobito (Vernay collection), which is in an Albian carbonate limestone in Angola.

It was recombined as Mortoniceras (Boeseites) howelli by Young (1968).

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

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1942Pervinquieria howelli Haas p. 76 figs. pl. 13, figs. 2a-c, 3; text-fig 7b
1968Mortoniceras (Boeseites) howelli Young

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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
subgenusBoeseites
specieshowelli()

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 - 100.5Angola Pervinquieria howelli (type locality: 83840)