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Mortoniceras (Mortoniceras) aequatorealis

Cephalopoda - Ammonitida - Brancoceratidae

Taxonomy
Schloenbachia aequatorealis was named by Kossmat (1895).

It was recombined as Mortoniceras (Mortoniceras) aequatorealis by Förster (1975).

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1895Schloenbachia aequatorealis Kossmat p. 187
1975Mortoniceras (Mortoniceras) aequatorealis Förster p. 234 figs. Pl 14, figs 3,4; text-fig 75

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
Bilateria
EubilateriaAx 1987
Protostomia
Spiralia
superphylumLophotrochozoa
phylumMollusca
classCephalopodaCuvier 1797
subclassAmmonoidea()
RankNameAuthor
orderAmmonitida
suborderAmmonitinaHyatt 1889
superfamilyAcanthoceratoidea(de Grossouvre 1894)
familyBrancoceratidae
subfamilyMortoniceratinaeDouvillé 1912
genusMortonicerasMeek 1876
subgenusMortonicerasMeek 1876
speciesaequatorealis(Kossmat 1895)

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
partNmeanminimummaximummedians.d.
shell height312.76.0043.08.0020.8
shell diameter335.017.0110.023.052.0
shell inflation314.47.5040.010.018.1

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 105.30000 to 99.60000 Ma

Collections: one only


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Late/Upper Albian105.3 - 99.6Mozambique Mortoniceras aequatorealis (174812)