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Sphaeromanticoceras

Cephalopoda - Ammonitida - Gephuroceratidae

Taxonomy
Sphaeromanticoceras was named by Clausen (1971) [Sepkoski's age data: D Fras-m D Fras-u Sepkoski's reference number: 302,457]. It is not extant.

It was assigned to Anarcestida by Sepkoski (2002); and to Gephuroceratinae by Korn and Klug (2002), Korn (2006).

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1971Sphaeromanticoceras Clausen
2002Sphaeromanticoceras Korn and Klug p. 107
2002Sphaeromanticoceras Sepkoski
2006Sphaeromanticoceras Korn

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
—Bilateria
—EubilateriaAx 1987
—Protostomia
—Spiralia
superphylumLophotrochozoa
phylumMollusca
classCephalopodaCuvier 1797
RankNameAuthor
subclassAmmonoidea()
orderAmmonitidaHaeckel 1866
orderAgoniatitidaRuzhencev 1957
suborderGephuroceratinaRuzhencev 1957
superfamilyGephurocerataceaeFrech 1897
familyGephuroceratidaeFrech 1897
subfamilyGephuroceratinaeFrech 1897
genusSphaeromanticocerasClausen 1971

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.

G. †Sphaeromanticoceras Clausen 1971
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†Sphaeromanticoceras affine Steininger 1849
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Invalid names: Goniatites latidorsalis Sandberger and Sandberger 1851 [synonym]
†Sphaeromanticoceras crassum Wedekind 1913
†Sphaeromanticoceras oxy Clarke 1897
†Sphaeromanticoceras rickardi House and Kirchgasser 1993
†Sphaeromanticoceras solnzevi Ljaschenko 1957
Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
partNmeanminimummaximummedians.d.
shell height1425.25.70162.021.643.4
shell diameter1450.613.2299.045.976.3
shell inflation149.864.2039.08.559.05

Composition: aragoniteo
Environment: marinec
Locomotion: fast-movingo
Life habit: nektonico
Diet: carnivoreo
Vision: well-developedc
Created: 2005-10-06 14:38:07
Modified: 2005-10-06 16:38:07
Source: o = order, c = class
References: Kiessling 2004, Kiessling 2003, Aberhan et al. 2004

Age range: base of the Middle Frasnian to the top of the Late/Upper Frasnian or 379.00000 to 372.15000 Ma

Collections (47 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Frasnian382.31 - 372.15Australia (Western Australia) S. affine, S. orbiculum (39050) S. bullatum (39065 39066) S. lindneri (39059 39068) S. sp. (39051)
Frasnian382.31 - 372.15Germany S. sp. (227981 227982)
Middle Frasnian379.0 - 375.2Russian Federation (Komi Republic) Manticoceras backlundi (172179)
Middle Frasnian379.0 - 375.2USA (New York) S. oxy (136744 157637) S. rhynchostomum (136482 136483 136484 136486 136651 136741 136742) S. rhynchostomum, S. oxy (136485 136489 136652 136653 136739 136743)
Late/Upper Frasnian375.2 - 372.15Germany (Nordrhein-Westfalen) S. affine (220482) S. affine, S. orbiculum (220479) S. sp., S. affine (220480 220483) S. sp., S. affine, S. orbiculum (220481) S. sp., S. orbiculum (220476)
Late/Upper Frasnian375.2 - 372.15Russian Federation (Altai Krai) Manticoceras bullatum (172141)
Late/Upper Frasnian375.2 - 372.15USA (New York) S. rickardi (136746 136750)
Late/Upper Frasnian375.2 - 372.15Kazakhstan Manticoceras affine (172140) Manticoceras affine, Manticoceras bullatum (172139)
Late/Upper Frasnian375.2 - 372.15Russian Federation (Komi Republic) Manticoceras solnzevi (172120 172122 172126 172129 172466 172467 172470 172472 172473 172475 172477 172479)