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Manticoceras sinuosum

Cephalopoda - Ammonitida - Gephuroceratidae

Taxonomy
Goniatites sinuosus was named by Hall (1843). Its type specimen is AMNH 5887/1, a shell, and it is a 3D body fossil.

It was recombined as Manticoceras sinuosum by Bogoslovsky (1969), Korn and Klug (2002), House and Kirchgasser (2008).

Subspecies
M. apprimatum, M. clausium, M. tardum
Sister species lacking formal opinion data
M. buchi, M. tuberculatum

Synonyms
Synonymy list
YearName and author
1843Goniatites sinuosus Hall p. 244 figs. 106(6), 107(9)
1858Goniatites interruptus Rogers
1860Goniatites patersoni Hall
1969Manticoceras sinuosum Bogoslovsky p. 241 figs. Pl 19, figs 2-5
2002Manticoceras sinuosum Korn and Klug p. 105
2008Manticoceras sinuosum House and Kirchgasser p. 124 figs. Pl 9, figs 6-8; pl 10, figs 1-12; pl 11, figs 1-13; pl 12, figs 8-10; pl 15, figs 1,2; pl 16, figs 1

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
—Bilateria
—EubilateriaAx 1987
—Protostomia
—Spiralia
superphylumLophotrochozoa
phylumMollusca
classCephalopodaCuvier 1797
subclassAmmonoidea()
RankNameAuthor
orderAmmonitidaHaeckel 1866
orderAgoniatitidaRuzhencev 1957
suborderGephuroceratinaRuzhencev 1957
superfamilyGephurocerataceaeFrech 1897
familyGephuroceratidaeFrech 1897
subfamilyGephuroceratinaeFrech 1897
genusManticocerasHyatt 1884
speciessinuosum(Hall 1843)

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.

†Manticoceras sinuosum Hall 1843
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†Manticoceras sinuosum clausium House and Kirchgasser 2008
Invalid names: Goniatites interruptus Rogers 1858 [synonym], Goniatites patersoni Hall 1860 [synonym]
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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
partNmeanminimummaximummedians.d.
shell height1323.11.7086.028.020.2
shell diameter1345.45.00150.053.035.1
shell inflation138.122.4016.09.003.91

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: Aberhan et al. 2004, Kiessling 2003, Kiessling 2004

Age range: base of the Early/Lower Frasnian to the top of the Late/Upper Frasnian or 382.31000 to 372.15000 Ma

Collections (30 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Early/Lower Frasnian382.31 - 379.0USA (New York) Manticoceras sinuosum (136008)
Early/Lower Frasnian382.31 - 379.0Russian Federation (Komi Republic) Manticoceras sinuosum (172095)
Frasnian382.31 - 372.15Canada (Ontario) Manticoceras sinuosum (40050)
Middle Frasnian379.0 - 375.2Russian Federation (Komi Republic) Manticoceras sinuosum (172111)
Middle Frasnian379.0 - 375.2USA (New York) Manticoceras sinuosum (136212 136231 136232 136234 136374 136375 136376 136377 136378 136396 136397 136399 136400 136401 136403 136404 136405 136406)
Late/Upper Frasnian375.2 - 372.15Russian Federation (Altai Krai) Manticoceras sinuosum (172141)
Late/Upper Frasnian375.2 - 372.15Russian Federation (Komi Republic) Manticoceras sinuosum (172125)
Late/Upper Frasnian375.2 - 372.15Russian Federation (Bashkortostan) Manticoceras sinuosum (172136 172137 172138)
Late/Upper Frasnian375.2 - 372.15Kazakhstan Manticoceras sinuosum (172139 172140)
Late/Upper Frasnian375.2 - 372.15Russian Federation (Perm) Manticoceras sinuosum (172134)