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Mortoniceras (Angolaites) simplex

Cephalopoda - Ammonitida - Brancoceratidae

Taxonomy
Schloenbachia simplex was named by Choffat (1905). It is a 3D body fossil. Its type locality is Lobito Bay, which is in an Albian carbonate limestone in the Catumbela Formation of Angola.

It was recombined as Pervinquieria simplex by Haas (1942); it was recombined as Mortoniceras (Angolaites) simplex by Cooper and Kennedy (1979).

Subspecies
Pervinquieria simplex tenuis
Sister species lacking formal opinion data
M. arietiforme, M. evolutum

Synonyms
Synonymy list
YearName and author
1905Schloenbachia simplex Choffat p. 35 figs. Pl 4, fig 3
1942Pervinquieria simplex Haas p. 81 figs. Pl 16, fig 1; text-figs 7e,8a
1942Pervinquieria vicina Haas p. 82 figs. pl. 14, figs. 2a, b
1942Pervinquieria vicina evoluta Haas p. 83 figs. Pl 16, fig 3; text-fig 8c
1979Mortoniceras (Angolaites) simplex Cooper and Kennedy p. 287 figs. 3A-D, 54G,H, 72A,B, 73A-C, 74-77

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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
subgenusAngolaites(Spath 1932)
speciessimplex()

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: Pervinquieria vicina Haas 1942 [synonym], Pervinquieria vicina evoluta Haas 1942 [synonym]
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 2003, Kiessling 2004

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 - 100.5Angola Mortoniceras simplex (232170) Pervinquieria simplex (83840) Schloenbachia simplex (type locality: 210888) Subschloenbachia gregoryi (210843)