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Mortoniceras (Cantabrigites) cantabrigense

Cephalopoda - Ammonoida - Brancoceratidae

Taxonomy

Mortoniceras (Cantabrigites) cantabrigense was named by Spath (1933). It is a 3D body fossil. It is the type species of Mortoniceras (Cantabrigites).

It was recombined as Cantabrigites cantabrigense by Kennedy et al. (1998), Szives (2007), Kennedy et al. (2008).

Synonyms

Komeceras lineatocostatum was named by van Hoepen (1944).

It was synonymized subjectively with Mortoniceras (Cantabrigites) cantabrigense by Förster (1975).
Mortoniceras (Cantabrigites) subsimplex was named by Spath (1933). Its type specimen is SMC 81, a shell, and it is a 3D body fossil.

It was synonymized subjectively with Cantabrigites cantabrigense by Kennedy et al. (2008).

Synonymy list

Year	Name and author
1933	Mortoniceras (Cantabrigites) cantabrigense Spath
1933	Mortoniceras (Cantabrigites) subsimplex Spath p. 439 figs. Pl 39, fig 3; pl 42, figs 3,4; pl 44, fig 7
1944	Komeceras lineatocostatum van Hoepen p. 183 figs. Pl 26, figs 4,5
1975	Mortoniceras (Cantabrigites) cantabrigense Förster p. 239 figs. Pl 15, figs 4,5; text-fig 78
1998	Cantabrigites cantabrigense Kennedy et al. p. 12
2007	Cantabrigites cantabrigense Szives p. 103
2008	Cantabrigites cantabrigense Kennedy et al. p. 41 figs. Pl 8, figs 1-3,5,10-12; pl 10, fig 3

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Rank	Name	Author
kingdom	Animalia	()
—	Bilateria
—	Eubilateria	Ax 1987
—	Protostomia
—	Spiralia
superphylum	Lophotrochozoa
phylum	Mollusca
class	Cephalopoda	Cuvier 1797
subclass	Coleoidea	Bather 1888

Rank	Name	Author
order	Ammonoida	(Haeckel 1866)
order	Ammonitida	Haeckel 1866
suborder	Ammonitina	Hyatt 1889
superfamily	Acanthoceratoidea	(de Grossouvre 1894)
family	Brancoceratidae
subfamily	Brancoceratinae	Spath 1934
genus	Mortoniceras	(Spath 1933)
subgenus	Cantabrigites
species	cantabrigense	Spath 1933

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.

†Mortoniceras (Cantabrigites) cantabrigense Spath 1933

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Invalid names: Komeceras lineatocostatum van Hoepen 1944 [synonym]

Diagnosis

No diagnoses are available

Measurements

part	N	mean
shell height	1	18.0
shell diameter	1	48.0
shell inflation	1	17.0

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 2004, Kiessling 2003

Age range: Late/Upper Albian or 105.30000 to 99.60000 Ma

Collections: one only

Time interval	Ma	Country or state	Original ID and collection number
Late/Upper Albian	105.3 - 99.6	Mozambique	Mortoniceras cantabrigense (174811)