Mantelliceras dixoni Spath 1926 (ammonite)

Cephalopoda - Ammonitida - Acanthoceratidae

Synonyms: Mantelliceras baylei Thomel 1972, Mantelliceras beynense Thomel 1972, Mantelliceras beynense baylei Thomel 1972, Mantelliceras lateretuberculatum Collignon 1964, Mantelliceras pseudohyatti Collignon 1964

Belongs to Mantelliceras according to W. J. Kennedy 2013

See also Kaplan et al. 1998 and Thomel 1972

Sister taxa: Mantelliceras budaense, Mantelliceras camachoense, Mantelliceras cantianum, Mantelliceras charlestoni, Mantelliceras couloni, Mantelliceras indicum, Mantelliceras lecontei, Mantelliceras lymense, Mantelliceras mantelli, Mantelliceras nitidum, Mantelliceras phoenixense, Mantelliceras picteti, Mantelliceras portalesi, Mantelliceras saxbii, Mantelliceras tuberculatum

Type specimens:

  • Mantelliceras dixoni: BMNH C33630, a shell
  • Mantelliceras baylei:
  • Mantelliceras beynense:
  • Mantelliceras lateretuberculatum:
  • Mantelliceras pseudohyatti:

Ecology: fast-moving nektonic carnivore

Distribution:

• Cretaceous of France (1 collection), Germany (15), Madagascar (1), Spain (1), the United Kingdom (1)

Total: 19 collections each including a single occurrence

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