Cephalopoda - Ammonitida - Brancoceratidae

PaleoDB taxon number: 129374

Alternative spelling: Angolaites

Synonyms: Drakeoceras Young 1957 (no. 129377), Praeangolaites Collignon 1979 (no. 129376)

Parent taxon: Mortoniceras according to W. J. Kennedy et al. 1998

Sister taxa: Mortoniceras (Boeseites), Mortoniceras (Deiradoceras), Mortoniceras (Mortoniceras), Mortoniceras (Rusoceras), Mortoniceras (Subschloenbachia), Mortoniceras equidistans, Mortoniceras gainesana, Mortoniceras leonense, Mortoniceras scobinum, Inflaticeras evolutum, Pervinquieria lastroensis, Pervinquieria lampasensis, Pervinquieria ferecostata, Pervinquieria vokesi, Pervinquieria furberi, Pervinquieria montraynaudensis, Pervinquieria tectoria, Pervinquieria bassleri, Pervinquieria stoliczkai, Pervinquieria marrecasia, Pervinquieria maroimensis, Pervinquieria sylvana, Pervinquieria aroeiria, Pervinquieria margaritata, Mortoniceras (Pervinquieria) geometricum

Subtaxa: Drakeoceras dellense, Mortoniceras (Angolaites) drakei, Mortoniceras (Angolaites) gregoryi, Mortoniceras (Angolaites) simplex, Mortoniceras (Angolaites) wintoni

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Type: Subschloenbachia gregoryi

Ecology: fast-moving nektonic carnivore