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Sphaeromanticoceras rhynchostomum

Cephalopoda - Ammonitida - Gephuroceratidae

Taxonomy
Manticoceras rhynchostoma was named by Clarke (1898). Its type specimen is NYSM 3796, a shell, and it is a 3D body fossil.

It was recombined as Sphaeromanticoceras rhynchostoma by Korn and Klug (2002); it was recombined as Sphaeromanticoceras rhynchostomum by House and Kirchgasser (2008).

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1898Manticoceras rhynchostoma Clarke p. 65 figs. Pl 4, figs 6-13; pl 5, fig 1; text-figs 30-43
2002Sphaeromanticoceras rhynchostoma Korn and Klug p. 107
2008Sphaeromanticoceras rhynchostomum House and Kirchgasser p. 142 figs. Pl 20, figs 1-12; pl 21, figs 1-12; pl 22, figs 1-9; text-figs 41F, 42B,H,I, 43F-G, 47

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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
genusSphaeromanticocerasClausen 1971
speciesrhynchostomum(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
partNmeanminimummaximummedians.d.
shell height513.95.7052.015.018.9
shell diameter528.413.294.027.932.9
shell inflation57.084.2013.07.003.42

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 2004, Kiessling 2003

Age range: Middle Frasnian or 379.00000 to 375.20000 Ma

Collections (13 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Middle Frasnian379.0 - 375.2USA (New York) Sphaeromanticoceras rhynchostomum (136482 136483 136484 136485 136486 136489 136651 136652 136653 136739 136741 136742 136743)