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Moutoniceras moutonianum

Cephalopoda - Ammonitida - Heteroceratidae

Taxonomy
Toxoceras moutonianus was named by d'Orbigny (1850). It is the type species of Moutoniceras.

It was recombined as Moutoniceras moutonianum by Benzaggagh (2025).

Sister species lacking formal opinion data
M. nodosum

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1850Toxoceras moutonianus d'Orbigny
2025Moutoniceras moutonianum Benzaggagh p. 17 figs. 10O-P

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
—Bilateria
—EubilateriaAx 1987
—Protostomia
—Spiralia
superphylumLophotrochozoa
phylumMollusca
classCephalopodaCuvier 1797
RankNameAuthor
subclassAmmonoidea()
orderAmmonitidaHaeckel 1866
suborderAncyloceratinaWiedmann 1966
superfamilyAncyloceratoidea(Gill 1871)
familyHeteroceratidaeSpath 1922
genusMoutoniceras
speciesmoutonianum(d'Orbigny 1850)

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.

†Moutoniceras moutonianum d'Orbigny 1850
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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: base of the Hauterivian to the top of the Barremian or 132.60000 to 121.40000 Ma

Collections (32 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Hauterivian132.6 - 125.77Morocco Moutoniceras moutonianum (82165 82166 82168)
Barremian125.77 - 121.4Austria (Ternberg) Moutoniceras moutonianum (50789 50792)
Barremian125.77 - 121.4France (Provence) Moutoniceras moutonianum (56782 56784)
Barremian125.77 - 121.4Austria Moutoniceras moutonianum (169049)
Barremian125.77 - 121.4Morocco Moutoniceras moutonianum (82177 82178 82179 82185 82186)
Early/Lower Barremian125.77 - 121.4Spain (Granada) Moutoniceras moutonianum (2278 2281 2283 2285 2289 2292)
Early/Lower Barremian125.77 - 121.4Spain (Murcia) Moutoniceras moutonianum (2311 2313 2316 2318 2321 2376 2379)
Early/Lower Barremian125.77 - 121.4Morocco Moutoniceras moutonianum (82307 82309 82324 82325 240072 240075)