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Morrowites mocamedensis

Cephalopoda - Ammonitida - Acanthoceratidae

Taxonomy
Mammites mocamedensis was named by Howarth (1968). It is a 3D body fossil. Its type locality is Ponta Grossa, SSE of Ponta das Salinas, 110 km N of Mocamedes, which is in a Turonian marine horizon in Angola.

It was recombined as Morrowites mocamedensis by Cooper (2003).

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1968Mammites mocamedensis Howarth
2003Morrowites mocamedensis Cooper p. 123 figs. 18, 19, 20A,E, 21-2

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
—Bilateria
—EubilateriaAx 1987
—Protostomia
—Spiralia
superphylumLophotrochozoa
phylumMollusca
classCephalopodaCuvier 1797
RankNameAuthor
subclassAmmonoidea()
orderAmmonitida
suborderAmmonitinaHyatt 1889
superfamilyAcanthoceratoidea(de Grossouvre 1894)
familyAcanthoceratidaeGrossouvre 1894
subfamilyEuomphaloceratinae
genusMorrowites
speciesmocamedensis(Howarth 1968)

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.

†Morrowites mocamedensis Howarth 1968
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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available