Mortoniceras (Boeseites) barbouri Haas 1942 (ammonite)

Cephalopoda - Ammonitida - Brancoceratidae

Alternative combinations: Mortoniceras (Mortoniceras) barbouri, Pervinquieria barbouri

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) howelli, Mortoniceras (Boeseites) perarmata, Mortoniceras (Boeseites) proteus, Mortoniceras (Boeseites) romeri

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

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