Cephalopoda - Ammonitida - Brancoceratidae
Alternative combinations: Elobiceras arietiforme, Pervinquieria arietiformis
Full reference: L. F. Spath. 1922. On Cretaceous Ammonoidea from Angola, collected by Professor J. W. Gregory, D.Sc., F.R.S. Transactions of the Royal Society of Edinburgh 53:91-160
Belongs to Mortoniceras (Mortoniceras) according to O. Renz 1982
See also Haas 1942 and Spath 1922
Sister taxa: Mortoniceras (Mortoniceras) aequatorealis, Mortoniceras (Mortoniceras) albense, Mortoniceras (Mortoniceras) densecostatum, Mortoniceras (Mortoniceras) evolutum, Mortoniceras (Mortoniceras) fallax, Mortoniceras (Mortoniceras) fissicostatum, Mortoniceras (Mortoniceras) inflatum, Mortoniceras (Mortoniceras) kiliani, Mortoniceras (Mortoniceras) multicostatum, Mortoniceras (Mortoniceras) nanum, Mortoniceras (Mortoniceras) nodosocostatum, Mortoniceras (Mortoniceras) ornatum, Mortoniceras (Mortoniceras) pachys, Mortoniceras (Mortoniceras) potternense, Mortoniceras (Mortoniceras) quadrinodosum, Mortoniceras (Mortoniceras) recticostatum, Mortoniceras (Mortoniceras) subrotundum, Mortoniceras (Mortoniceras) vespertinus, Mortoniceras (Styphloceras) lowrii, Mortoniceras (Styphloceras) downii
Subtaxa: Pervinquieria arietiformis compressa Pervinquieria arietiformis elegans Pervinquieria arietiformis levicostata
Ecology: fast-moving nektonic carnivore
Distribution:
• Cretaceous of Angola (3 collections), Colombia (19), Venezuela (1)
Total: 23 collections including 24 occurrences
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