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Mortoniceras

Cephalopoda - Ammonitida - Brancoceratidae

Synonyms
Synonymy list
YearName and author
1876Mortoniceras Meek
1920Inflaticeras Stieler
1926Inflaticeras Whitehouse p. 224
1951Pagoceras van Hoepen
1952Mortoniceras Wright
1975Mortoniceras Förster p. 228
1979Mortoniceras Cooper and Kennedy p. 269
1982Mortoniceras Renz p. 32
1998Mortoniceras Kennedy et al. p. 15
2000Mortoniceras Arkadiev et al. p. 113
2002Mortoniceras Sepkoski
2005Mortoniceras Kennedy p. 365
2007Mortoniceras Kennedy and Latil p. 463
2007Mortoniceras Mosavinia et al. p. 85
2007Mortoniceras Szives p. 102
2008Mortoniceras Kennedy et al. p. 42
2016Mortoniceras Sharifi et al. p. 597
2018Mortoniceras El Qot p. 160

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
—Bilateria
—EubilateriaAx 1987
—Protostomia
—Spiralia
superphylumLophotrochozoa
phylumMollusca
classCephalopodaCuvier 1797
RankNameAuthor
subclassAmmonoidea()
orderAmmonitidaHaeckel 1866
suborderAmmonitinaHyatt 1889
superfamilyAcanthoceratoidea(de Grossouvre 1894)
familyBrancoceratidae
subfamilyMortoniceratinaeDouvillé 1912
genusMortonicerasMeek 1876

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.

G. †Mortoniceras Meek 1876
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Subg. †Mortoniceras (Angolaites) Spath 1932
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Invalid names: Pervinquieria vicina Haas 1942 [synonym], Pervinquieria vicina evoluta Haas 1942 [synonym]
Invalid names: Drakeoceras Young 1957 [synonym], Praeangolaites Collignon 1979 [synonym]
Subg. †Mortoniceras (Deiradoceras) Van Hoepen 1931
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Invalid names: Deiradoceras besairiei Collignon 1950 [synonym], Deiradoceras fibulatum Collignon 1950 [synonym], Inflaticeras africanum Spath 1925 [synonym]
Subg. †Mortoniceras (Mortoniceras) Meek 1876
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Invalid names: Ophryoceras crassinodosum van Hoepen 1946 [synonym], Ophryoceras jugosum van Hoepen 1942 [synonym], Pervinquieria salebrosa van Hoepen 1942 [synonym]
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Invalid names: Mortoniceras (Pervinquieria) commune Spath 1932 [synonym]
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Invalid names: Pagoceras simum van Hoepen 1951 [synonym]
Invalid names: Pervinquieria (Styphloceras) Van Hoepen 1951 [synonym]
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Invalid names: Durnovarites adkinsi Young 1957 [synonym], Mortoniceras (Durnovarites) postinflatum Spath 1933 [synonym], Mortoniceras (Durnovarites) vraconense Renz 1968 [synonym], Subschloenbachia depressa Spath 1922 [synonym], Subschloenbachia quadrata Spath 1922 [synonym]
†Subschloenbachia angolaensis Boule et al. 1907
Invalid names: Mortoniceras (Durnovarites) Spath 1922 [synonym], Reyericeras Collignon 1979 [synonym]
†Mortoniceras equidistans Cobban 1987
†Mortoniceras gainesana Anderson 1958
†Mortoniceras leonense Cobban 1987
†Mortoniceras scobinum Van Hoepen 1942
Invalid names: Inflaticeras Stieler 1920 [synonym], Pagoceras van Hoepen 1951 [synonym]
Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
partNmeanminimummaximummedians.d.
shell height3531.76.0085.038.221.0
shell diameter3586.715.5288.0102.567.0
shell inflation3533.56.00144.040.034.7

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: base of the Early/Lower Albian to the top of the Cenomanian or 113.20000 to 93.90000 Ma

Collections (183 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Early/Lower Albian113.2 - 110.1Venezuela (Trujillo) M. pachys, M. densecostatum (87968)
Early/Lower Albian - Middle Albian113.2 - 106.3France M. perinflatum, M. subquadratum (13499)
Albian113.2 - 100.5Canada (British Columbia) M. downii (87479) M. sp. A (87478 87482) M. sp. A, M. sp. B (87477) M. sp. B (87490)
Albian113.2 - 100.5Madagascar Deiradoceras besairiei, Pervinquieria inflata (98264) Deiradoceras varicostatum, Deiradoceras devonense, Deiradoceras besairiei (98245) Deiradoceras varisectum, Deiradoceras hirtzi, Deiradoceras cunningtoni (98250) Pervinquieria rostrata (98253)
Albian113.2 - 100.5USA (California) Pervinquieria inflata (83771)
Albian113.2 - 100.5USA (New Mexico) M. equidistans (37561)
Albian113.2 - 100.5USA (Oregon) M. inflatum (229463)
Early/Lower Albian - Late/Upper Albian113.2 - 100.5France M. perinflatum (58861) M. sp., M. perinflatum (57922)
Albian - Early/Lower Cenomanian113.2 - 93.9United Kingdom (England) Ammonites rostratus (198090 198091)
Middle Albian110.1 - 106.3Switzerland M. sp. (58111)
Middle Albian - Late/Upper Albian110.1 - 100.5Switzerland M. sp. (197618)
Middle Albian - Late/Upper Albian110.1 - 100.5Madagascar (Mahajanga) Deiradoceras praerostatum, Deiradoceras mokarahense, Deiradoceras exile, Deiradoceras cunningtoni, Deiradoceras besairiei, Deiradoceras fibulatum (86506)
Late/Upper Albian106.3 - 100.5Venezuela (Lara) M. arietiforme (87951) M. mokarahaense (87954) M. prerostratum, M. devonense, M. exile, M. nothum (87953)
Late/Upper Albian106.3 - 100.5Egypt (Sinai) M. inflatum (50273)
Late/Upper Albian106.3 - 100.5Colombia M. arietiforme (67508 67509 67516 67518 67522 67525 67526 67527 67529 67530 67533 67534) M. arietiforme, M. equidistans (67513 67514 67517 67519 67521 67523 67524) M. equidistans (67515 67520)
Late/Upper Albian106.3 - 100.5Mexico (Durango) Schloenbachia inflata (87610)
Late/Upper Albian106.3 - 100.5Spain M. rostratum (3829) M. sp. (3823) M. sp., M. rostratum (3824)
Late/Upper Albian106.3 - 100.5Egypt M. inflatum (191715) M. inflatum, M. bipunctatum (191706) M. rostratum (191707 191716)
Late/Upper Albian106.3 - 100.5South Africa M. sp. (66012 66013 66014 66016)
Late/Upper Albian106.3 - 100.5Madagascar (Mahajanga) Pervinquieria inflata, Pervinquieria rostrata (98220)
Late/Upper Albian106.3 - 100.5Japan M. rostratum (122347) M. sp., M. rostratum (122277)
Late/Upper Albian106.3 - 100.5Iran M. fallax (183698) M. fissicostatum (174596) M. inflatum, M. cunningtoni, M. bipunctatum, M. fissicostatum (174598)
Late/Upper Albian106.3 - 100.5Mozambique M. albense (174832) M. prerostratum, M. bispinosum (174617) M. recticostatum, M. aequatorealis (174812) M. sp. (174805 174827) M. sp., M. devonense, M. ornatum (174811)
Late/Upper Albian106.3 - 100.5France M. fallax (56541) M. perinflatum (56527 56669 56848 58127 58248 174482 174484 174485 174492) M. rostratum (174464 174466 174471 174477 174480) M. sp. (56552 56554 58246) M. sp., M. perinflatum (56523 56680 58363 58431 58533) M. sp., M. perinflatum, M. inflatum (58122 58125) M. sp., M. perinflatum, M. subquadratum, M. inflatum (58527) M. sp., M. subquadratum (58126) M. subquadratum (57941 58560)
Late/Upper Albian106.3 - 100.5USA (New Mexico) M. equidistans (179785) M. leonense (179782) M. sp. (179774) M. sp., M. equidistans (179735)
Late/Upper Albian106.3 - 100.5Belgium M. fallax, M. nanum (174924)
Late/Upper Albian106.3 - 100.5Australia (Queensland) Inflaticeras sp. (83925)
Late/Upper Albian106.3 - 100.5Madagascar Deiradoceras cunningtoni (98251) Pervinquieria inflata (98265)
Late/Upper Albian106.3 - 100.5United Kingdom (England) M. sp., M. quadratum (82856)
Late/Upper Albian106.3 - 100.5Nigeria M. barbouri (210702) M. gregoryi, M. depressum, M. quadratum, M. levecostatum (82735) M. gregoryi, M. quadrinodosum (82773) M. pachys (82766) M. pachys, M. nodosocostatum (82771) M. quadrinodosum (82772 210681) M. quadrinodosum, M. nodosocostatum (82767) M. sp., M. kiliani, M. romeri, M. multicostatum (82770) M. subrotundum (82764) M. wintoni (210701) Pervinquieria depressa, Pervinquieria quadrata, Pervinquieria sp. nov. (210106)
Late/Upper Albian106.3 - 100.5Serbia M. rostratum, M. cunningtoni, M. perinflatum, M. nanum (239132)
Late/Upper Albian106.3 - 100.5Madagascar (Antsiranana) Deiradoceras devonense (98215) Deiradoceras hubaulti, Deiradoceras cunningtoni, Pervinquieria rostrata (86507)
Late/Upper Albian106.3 - 100.5Angola Elobiceras arietiforme, Schloenbachia inflata (210851) M. gregoryi, M. collignoni, M. simplex (232170) M. perinflatum, M. subquadratum (232171) M. sp. (275403) Pervinquieria romeri, Pervinquieria perarmata, Pervinquieria barbouri, Pervinquieria howelli, Pervinquieria proteus, Pervinquieria arietiformis, Pervinquieria inflata, Pervinquieria evoluta, Pervinquieria simplex (83840) Schloenbachia inflata (209632 210889 210890) Schloenbachia inflatiformis, Schloenbachia neuparthi, Schloenbachia simplex, Schloenbachia lenzi (210888) Subschloenbachia aequatorialis (210841) Subschloenbachia angolaensis, Schloenbachia lenzi, Schloenbachia inflata (210852) Subschloenbachia cycloceratoides, Subschloenbachia rostrata (210726) Subschloenbachia evoluta (210736) Subschloenbachia gregoryi (210842 210843) Subschloenbachia neuparthi (210844 210845) Subschloenbachia quadrata (210809) Subschloenbachia rostrata (210839) Subschloenbachia sp. juv. (210732) Subschloenbachia sp. juv., Subschloenbachia perinflata, Subschloenbachia subrotunda (210733) Subschloenbachia sp. nov. ? ind. 11, Elobiceras arietiforme, Subschloenbachia subrotunda, Subschloenbachia stoliczkai, Subschloenbachia orientalis, Subschloenbachia aequatorialis, Subschloenbachia cycloceratoides, Subschloenbachia irregularis, Subschloenbachia ambigua (210811) Subschloenbachia sp. nov. ? ind. 7, Subschloenbachia angolaensis, Subschloenbachia striata, Subschloenbachia inflatiformis (210838) Subschloenbachia sp., Subschloenbachia quadrata, Subschloenbachia aequatorialis (210731) Subschloenbachia sp., Subschloenbachia sp. nov. ? ind. 7, Subschloenbachia sp. nov., Subschloenbachia subrotunda, Subschloenbachia depressa, Subschloenbachia quadrata, Subschloenbachia aequatorialis, Subschloenbachia robusta (210730) Subschloenbachia stoliczkai (210840) Subschloenbachia subrotunda, Subschloenbachia inflatiformis (210739)
Late/Upper Albian106.3 - 100.5North Atlantic M. exile (74358)
Late/Upper Albian106.3 - 100.5Ukraine M. perinflatum (183306) M. rostratum (183294)
Late/Upper Albian106.3 - 100.5USA (California) M. adkinsi (224986) M. gainesana (1784) M. kiliani (225645) M. nodosocostatum (225652) M. quadratum (225648)
Late/Upper Albian106.3 - 100.5Equatorial Guinea Schloenbachia inflatiformis (209596)
Late/Upper Albian106.3 - 100.5Armenia M. rostratum (183304)
Late/Upper Albian106.3 - 100.5Switzerland M. sp. (58113)
Late/Upper Albian106.3 - 100.5USA (Texas) M. drakei (82370) M. perinflatum (175115 175163 175165) M. rostratum (175112 175191 175192) M. rostratum, M. drakei (82364 82366 82368) M. sp. (82369) M. wintoni (82361)
Late/Upper Albian106.3 - 100.5Virgin Islands, U.S. M. nanum, M. scobinum (209728)
Late/Upper Albian106.3 - 100.5Germany (Brandenburg) M. albense (126920)
Late/Upper Albian106.3 - 100.5Ecuador M. sp. (56770)
Cenomanian100.5 - 93.9France M. perinflatum (56679)
Cenomanian100.5 - 93.9USA (California) Pervinquieria gainesana (158116)
Early/Lower Cenomanian100.5 - 93.9Mexico (Zacatecas) Schloenbachia inflata (87607)
Early/Lower Cenomanian100.5 - 93.9USA (California) M. gainesana (1786 1787)
Early/Lower Cenomanian100.5 - 93.9France M. perinflatum (58634) M. sp. (58890)