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Manticoceras sinuosum clausium

Cephalopoda - Ammonoida - Gephuroceratidae

Taxonomy
Manticoceras sinuosum clausium was named by House and Kirchgasser (2008). Its type specimen is NYSM 13839, a shell, and it is a 3D body fossil.

Sister species lacking formal opinion data

Synonymy list
YearName and author
2008Manticoceras sinuosum clausium House and Kirchgasser p. 129 figs. Pl 12, figs 1-7,11; pl 13, figs 1-15; text-figs 39A-I, 40A-B

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
Bilateria
EubilateriaAx 1987
Protostomia
Spiralia
superphylumLophotrochozoa
phylumMollusca
classCephalopodaCuvier 1797
subclassColeoideaBather 1888
RankNameAuthor
orderAmmonoida(Haeckel 1866)
orderAgoniatitidaRuzhencev 1957
suborderGephuroceratinaRuzhencev 1957
superfamilyGephurocerataceaeFrech 1897
familyGephuroceratidaeFrech 1897
subfamilyGephuroceratinaeFrech 1897
genusManticocerasHyatt 1884
speciessinuosum(Hall 1843)
subspeciesclausium

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 clausium House and Kirchgasser 2008
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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
partNmeanminimummaximummedians.d.
shell height315.58.3022.020.47.49
shell diameter330.216.641.040.413.9
shell inflation35.383.007.407.002.43

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: Middle Frasnian or 379.00000 to 375.20000 Ma

Collections (3 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Middle Frasnian379.0 - 375.2USA (New York) Manticoceras sinuosum (136212 136397 136400)