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Montanesiceras

Cephalopoda - Ammonoida - Desmoceratidae

Taxonomy
Montanesiceras was named by Breskovski (1977).

It was assigned to Barremitidae by Vasicek et al. (2013).

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1977Montanesiceras Breskovski
2013Montanesiceras Vasicek et al. p. 45

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
Bilateria
EubilateriaAx 1987
Protostomia
Spiralia
superphylumLophotrochozoa
phylumMollusca
classCephalopodaCuvier 1797
RankNameAuthor
subclassColeoideaBather 1888
orderAmmonoida(Haeckel 1866)
orderAmmonitidaHaeckel 1866
suborderAmmonitinaHyatt 1889
superfamilyDesmoceratoidea(Zittel 1895)
familyDesmoceratidaeZittel 1895
subfamilyBarremitinaeBreskovski 1977
genusMontanesicerasBreskovski 1977

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.

G. †Montanesiceras Breskovski 1977
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Montanesiceras breskovskii Vasicek et al. 2013
Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
partNmeanminimummaximummedians.d.
shell height210.79.9011.610.81.20
shell diameter220.318.022.820.43.39
shell inflation23.392.804.103.450.919

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: base of the Late/Upper Hauterivian to the top of the Late/Upper Barremian or 132.60000 to 121.40000 Ma

Collections (12 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Late/Upper Hauterivian132.6 - 125.77Tunisia M. dimboviciorensis (205714 205715)
Late/Upper Hauterivian132.6 - 125.77Spain Barremites dimboviciorensis (61531 61541)
Early/Lower Barremian125.77 - 121.4Morocco Barremites dimboviciorensis (82300 82301 82316)
Late/Upper Barremian125.77 - 121.4Serbia and Montenegro M. breskovskii (169585 169589 169592 169596 169605)