Cephalopoda - Ammonitida - Brancoceratidae
Alternative spelling: Mortoniceras (Pervinquieria)
Synonym: Ophryoceras van Hoepen 1942
Full reference: J. Böhm. 1910. "Review of Etudes de paléontologie tunisienne" by L. Pervinquière. Neues Jahrbuch für Geologie und Paläontologie, Mineralogie 2(2 - 1910):149-155
Parent taxon: Mortoniceratinae according to N. Boualem et al. 2023
See also Bulot et al. 2005, Haas 1942, Sepkoski 2002, Spath 1932, Wright et al. 1996 and Young 1957
Sister taxa: Algericeras, Arestoceras, Elobiceras, Euhystrichoceras, Goodhallites, Mortoniceras, Neoharpoceras, Prohysteroceras
Subtaxa: Mortoniceras (Pervinquieria) geometricum Pervinquieria (Pervinquieria) Pervinquieria aroeiria Pervinquieria bassleri Pervinquieria ferecostata Pervinquieria furberi Pervinquieria lampasensis Pervinquieria lastroensis Pervinquieria margaritata Pervinquieria maroimensis Pervinquieria marrecasia Pervinquieria montraynaudensis Pervinquieria stoliczkai Pervinquieria sylvana Pervinquieria tectoria Pervinquieria tehamaensis Pervinquieria vokesi
Ecology: fast-moving nektonic carnivore
Distribution:
• Cretaceous of Algeria (2 collections), Angola (2), Brazil (3), Equatorial Guinea (1), Iran (2), Madagascar (6), the Netherlands Antilles (1), Nigeria (3), United States (6: California, Texas), Venezuela (1)
Total: 27 collections including 56 occurrences
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