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Manticoceras sinuosum apprimatum

Cephalopoda - Ammonitida - Mesoserphidae

Taxonomy
Manticoceras apprimatum was named by Clarke (1898). Its type specimen is NYSM 3732, a shell, and it is a 3D body fossil.

It was recombined as Manticoceras sinuosum apprimatum by House and Kirchgasser (2008).

Sister species lacking formal opinion data

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1898Manticoceras apprimatum Clarke p. 62 figs. Pl 6, figs 27-29; text-figs 63-64
2002Manticoceras apprimatum Korn and Klug p. 102
2008Manticoceras sinuosum apprimatum House and Kirchgasser p. 123 figs. Pl 17, figs 5-10; text-figs 35B, 42F

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RankNameAuthor
Yangprocta
superfamilyCynipoidea
superfamilyPlatygastroidea
familyMesoserphidae
familyPeleserphidae
superphylumLophotrochozoa
phylumMollusca
classCephalopodaCuvier 1797
subclassAmmonoidea()
RankNameAuthor
orderAmmonitidaHaeckel 1866
orderAgoniatitidaRuzhencev 1957
suborderGephuroceratinaRuzhencev 1957
superfamilyGephurocerataceaeFrech 1897
familyGephuroceratidaeFrech 1897
subfamilyGephuroceratinaeFrech 1897
genusManticocerasHyatt 1884
speciessinuosum(Hall 1843)
subspeciesapprimatum(Clarke 1898)

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.

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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
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, Aberhan et al. 2004, Kiessling 2003

Age range: Early/Lower Frasnian or 382.31000 to 379.00000 Ma

Collections: one only


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Early/Lower Frasnian382.31 - 379.0USA (New York) Manticoceras sinuosum (136008)