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Mojsisovicsia ventanillensis

Cephalopoda - Ammonitida - Mojsisovicsiidae

Taxonomy
Ammonites ventanillensis was named by Gabb (1877) [Distribution: Middle Albian; Peru.]. It is a 3D body fossil.

It was recombined as Mojsisoviczia ventanillensis by Lisson (1924), Kennedy and Cooper (1977), Wright et al. (1996); it was recombined as Dipoloceroides ventanillensis by Gebhardt (1983); it was recombined as Mojsisovicsia ventanillensis by Kennedy and Klinger (2012).

Sister species lacking formal opinion data
M. evansi

Synonyms
Synonymy list
YearName and author
1877Ammonites ventanillensis Gabb p. 273 figs. pl. 39, fig. 2a-d
1881Mojsisovicsia duerfeldi Steinmann
1881Mojsisoviczia duerfeldi Steinmann p. 144 figs. pl. 6, fig. 2
1903Mojsisoviczia durfeldi Hyatt p. 25 figs. PI.I,figs.1-3
1924Mojsisoviczia ventanillensis Lisson
1977Mojsisoviczia ventanillensis Kennedy and Cooper
1983Dipoloceroides ventanillensis Gebhardt
1996Mojsisoviczia ventanillensis Wright et al. p. 137
2012Mojsisovicsia ventanillensis Kennedy and Klinger p. 3 figs. 1-3

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
—Bilateria
—EubilateriaAx 1987
—Protostomia
—Spiralia
superphylumLophotrochozoa
phylumMollusca
classCephalopodaCuvier 1797
RankNameAuthor
subclassAmmonoidea()
orderAmmonitidaHaeckel 1866
suborderAmmonitinaHyatt 1889
superfamilyAcanthoceratoidea(de Grossouvre 1894)
familyMojsisovicsiidaeHyatt 1903
subfamilyMojsisovicziinaeHyatt 1903
genusMojsisovicsia()
speciesventanillensis()

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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Invalid names: Mojsisovicsia duerfeldi Steinmann 1881 [synonym], Mojsisoviczia duerfeldi Steinmann 1881 [synonym]
Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
partNmeanminimummaximummedians.d.
shell height221.816.429.022.78.91
shell diameter245.834.860.347.518.0
shell inflation213.010.016.813.44.81

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: Middle Albian or 110.10000 to 106.30000 Ma

Collections: one only


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Middle Albian110.1 - 106.3South Africa Mojsisovicsia sp. (66006)