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Mantelliceras saxbii

Cephalopoda - Ammonitida - Acanthoceratidae

Taxonomy
Ammonites saxbii was named by Sharpe (1857) [DISTRIBUTION: Cenomanian; Europe, central Asia, southern Africa.]. It is not a trace fossil.

It was recombined as Mantelliceras saxbii by Förster (1975), Kennedy (1994), Kennedy et al. (2008), Mosavinia and Wilmsen (2011), Kennedy (2013), Sharifi et al. (2016), El Qot (2018).

Sister species lacking formal opinion data
M. martimpreyi, M. ventnorense

Synonyms
Synonymy list
YearName and author
1857Ammonites saxbii Sharpe p. 45 figs. pl. 20, fig. 3
1925Mantelliceras hyatti Spath p. 197
1964Mantelliceras hyattiforme Collignon p. 71 figs. Pl 340, figs 1521-1524
1964Mantelliceras biroi Collignon p. 84 figs. Pl 346, figs 1540, 1541; pl 351, fig 1540
1964Mantelliceras agrawali Collignon p. 86 figs. Pl 347, figs 1542, 1543
1964Mantelliceras spissum Collignon p. 90 figs. Pl 348, figs 1549, 1550
1972Mantelliceras (Couloniceras) couloni teurrettense Thomel
1975Mantelliceras saxbii Förster p. 245 figs. Pl 17, fig 4; text-fig 79B
1994Mantelliceras saxbii Kennedy p. 224
2008Mantelliceras saxbii Kennedy et al. p. 130 figs. Pl 5, fig 13
2011Mantelliceras saxbii Mosavinia and Wilmsen p. 182 fig. 4C,F,G
2013Mantelliceras saxbii Kennedy p. 637 figs. Pl 4, figs 3-6; text-figs 4C,D,G
2016Mantelliceras saxbii Sharifi et al. p. 600 fig. 8
2018Mantelliceras saxbii El Qot p. 162 figs. 12A-C,G

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
—Bilateria
—EubilateriaAx 1987
—Protostomia
—Spiralia
superphylumLophotrochozoa
phylumMollusca
classCephalopodaCuvier 1797
RankNameAuthor
subclassAmmonoidea()
orderAmmonitidaHaeckel 1866
suborderAmmonitinaHyatt 1889
superfamilyAcanthoceratoidea(de Grossouvre 1894)
familyAcanthoceratidaeGrossouvre 1894
subfamilyMantelliceratinaeHyatt 1903
genusMantellicerasHyatt 1903
speciessaxbii(Sharpe 1857)

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.

†Mantelliceras saxbii Sharpe 1857
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Invalid names: Mantelliceras agrawali Collignon 1964 [synonym], Mantelliceras biroi Collignon 1964 [synonym], Mantelliceras hyatti Spath 1925 [synonym], Mantelliceras hyattiforme Collignon 1964 [synonym], Mantelliceras spissum Collignon 1964 [synonym], Mantelliceras teurrettense Thomel 1972 [synonym]
Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
partNmeanminimummaximummedians.d.
shell height420.616.027.020.54.55
shell diameter441.129.060.040.512.9
shell inflation49.866.0013.011.02.99

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 2003, Kiessling 2004

Age range: Early/Lower Cenomanian or 100.50000 to 93.90000 Ma

Collections (40 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Early/Lower Cenomanian - Late/Upper Albian100.5 - 100.5Spain Mantelliceras saxbii (3832)
Cenomanian100.5 - 93.9France Mantelliceras saxbii (56555 56681)
Cenomanian100.5 - 93.9Japan Mantelliceras saxbii (87005)
Early/Lower Cenomanian100.5 - 93.9Madagascar Mantelliceras saxbii (174322 174323 174324 174325 174326)
Early/Lower Cenomanian100.5 - 93.9Iran Mantelliceras saxbii (173342 174333 183695)
Early/Lower Cenomanian100.5 - 93.9France Mantelliceras hyatti (230874 230875) Mantelliceras saxbii (82842)
Early/Lower Cenomanian100.5 - 93.9Mexico (Coahuila de Zaragoza) Mantelliceras saxbii (88768)
Early/Lower Cenomanian100.5 - 93.9France (Normandy) Mantelliceras saxbii (4028 4030 59658)
Early/Lower Cenomanian100.5 - 93.9USA (Texas) Mantelliceras saxbii (88748)
Early/Lower Cenomanian100.5 - 93.9Kazakhstan Mantelliceras saxbii (175009)
Early/Lower Cenomanian100.5 - 93.9United Kingdom (England) Mantelliceras saxbii (81001 82793 82798 82814 82912 82915 230775)
Early/Lower Cenomanian100.5 - 93.9Germany (Westphalia) Mantelliceras saxbii (4066)
Early/Lower Cenomanian100.5 - 93.9Egypt Mantelliceras saxbii (191717)
Early/Lower Cenomanian100.5 - 93.9Mozambique Mantelliceras saxbii (174823 174829)
Early/Lower Cenomanian100.5 - 93.9Germany Mantelliceras saxbii (12397 12398 12399 12455 12457)
Late/Upper Cenomanian100.5 - 93.9United Kingdom (England) Mantelliceras saxbii (82809 82918)
Middle Cenomanian100.5 - 93.9France Mantelliceras saxbii (82843)