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Sphaeromanticoceras rickardi

Cephalopoda - Ammonitida - Gephuroceratidae

Taxonomy
Sphaeromanticoceras rickardi was named by House and Kirchgasser (1993). Its type specimen is IG 4449 and is a 3D body fossil.

It was recombined as Crickites rickardi by Korn and Klug (2002).

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1993Sphaeromanticoceras rickardi House and Kirchgasser p. 274 figs. 5D-F
2002Crickites rickardi Korn and Klug p. 107
2008Sphaeromanticoceras rickardi House and Kirchgasser p. 149 figs. 48A-C

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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
speciesrickardiHouse and Kirchgasser 1993

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.

Sphaeromanticoceras rickardi House and Kirchgasser 1993
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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
partNmean
shell height188.0
shell diameter1140.0
shell inflation115.0

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 2003, Kiessling 2004, Aberhan et al. 2004

Age range: Late/Upper Frasnian or 375.20000 to 372.15000 Ma

Collections (2 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Late/Upper Frasnian375.2 - 372.15USA (New York) Sphaeromanticoceras rickardi (136746 136750)