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Manticoceras ammon

Cephalopoda - Agoniatitida - Gephuroceratidae

Taxonomy
Goniatites ammon was named by Keyserling (1844).

It was recombined as Manticoceras ammon by Bogoslovsky (1969), Becker and House (2000) and Korn and Klug (2002).

Sister species lacking formal opinion data
M. buchi

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1844Goniatites ammon Keyserling
1969Manticoceras ammon Bogoslovsky p. 234 figs. Pl 14, figs 5-7; pl 15, fig 1
2000Manticoceras ammon Becker and House figs. Pl 3, figs 2,3
2002Manticoceras ammon Korn and Klug p. 102

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
—Bilateria
—EubilateriaAx 1987
—Protostomia
—Spiralia
superphylumLophotrochozoa
phylumMollusca
classCephalopodaCuvier 1797
RankNameAuthor
subclassAmmonoidea()
orderAgoniatitidaRuzhencev 1957
suborderGephuroceratinaRuzhencev 1957
superfamilyGephurocerataceaeFrech 1897
familyGephuroceratidaeFrech 1897
subfamilyGephuroceratinaeFrech 1897
genusManticocerasHyatt 1884
speciesammon(Keyserling 1844)

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 ammon Keyserling 1844
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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
partNmeanminimummaximummedians.d.
shell height517.411.023.521.55.82
shell diameter537.823.553.646.013.2
shell inflation58.495.1013.09.803.07

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: base of the Middle Frasnian to the top of the Late/Upper Frasnian or 382.40000 to 376.10000 Ma

Collections (15 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Middle Frasnian382.4 - 379.5Russian Federation (Komi Republic) Manticoceras ammon (172108 172110 172111 172114 172452 172454 172455 172456 172457 172459 172461 172462 172464)
Late/Upper Frasnian379.5 - 376.1Poland Manticoceras ammon (170864)
Late/Upper Frasnian379.5 - 376.1Kazakhstan Manticoceras ammon (172139)