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Mortoniceras (Mortoniceras) albense

Cephalopoda - Ammonitida - Brancoceratidae

Taxonomy
Mortoniceras (Deiradoceras) albense was named by Spath (1933). It is a 3D body fossil.

It was recombined as Mortoniceras (Mortoniceras) albense by Förster (1975).

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1933Mortoniceras (Deiradoceras) albense Spath p. 424 figs. pl. 43, fig. 2; pl. 44, fig. 4; text-figs. 145b, 147, 149
1975Mortoniceras (Mortoniceras) albense Förster p. 237 figs. Pl 15, fig 2

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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
speciesalbense()

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
partNmean
shell height149.0
shell diameter1119.0
shell inflation140.0

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 (2 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Late/Upper Albian105.3 - 99.6Mozambique Mortoniceras albense (174832)
Late/Upper Albian105.3 - 99.6Germany (Brandenburg) Mortoniceras albense (126920)