Cephalopoda - Ammonitida - Brancoceratidae
Alternative combinations: Mortoniceras (Mortoniceras) romeri, Pervinquieria romeri
Full reference: O. Haas. 1942. The Vernay Collection of Cretaceous (Albian) ammonites from Angola. Bulletin of the American Museum of Natural History 81(1):1-224
Belongs to Mortoniceras (Boeseites) according to K. P. Young 1968
See also Haas 1942 and Reyment 1955
Sister taxa: Mortoniceras (Boeseites) barbouri, Mortoniceras (Boeseites) howelli, Mortoniceras (Boeseites) perarmata, Mortoniceras (Boeseites) proteus
Subtaxa: Pervinquieria romeri fastigata
Type specimen: Its type locality is Hanha, near Lobito (Vernay collection), which is in an Albian carbonate limestone in Angola
Ecology: fast-moving nektonic carnivore
Distribution:
• Cretaceous of Angola (1 collection), Nigeria (1)
Total: 2 collections each including a single occurrence
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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