Mantelliceras nitidum Crick 1907 (ammonite)

Cephalopoda - Ammonitida - Acanthoceratidae

Alternative combinations: Acanthoceras nitidum, Calycoceras (Gentoniceras) nitidum, Calycoceras nitidum

Belongs to Mantelliceras according to W. J. Kennedy et al. 2014

See also Thomel 1972

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

Type specimen: BMNHC18211

Ecology: fast-moving nektonic carnivore

Distribution: found only at Skoenberg (Cretaceous of South Africa)

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