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Mortoniceras (Mortoniceras) quadrinodosum

Cephalopoda - Ammonitida - Brancoceratidae

Taxonomy
Mortoniceras quadrinodosum was named by Spath (1932).

It was recombined as Mortoniceras (Mortoniceras) quadrinodosum by Reyment (1955).

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

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1932Mortoniceras quadrinodosum Spath p. 410 figs. Pl 42, fig 8; pl 44, fig 3
1955Mortoniceras (Mortoniceras) quadrinodosum Reyment p. 33 figs. 11c, 12a,b

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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
subgenusMortonicerasMeek 1876
speciesquadrinodosum(Spath 1932)

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 (4 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Late/Upper Albian106.3 - 100.5Nigeria Mortoniceras quadrinodosum (82767 82772 82773 210681)