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Sphaeromanticoceras backlundi

Cephalopoda - Ammonitida - Mesoserphidae

Taxonomy
Manticoceras backlundi was named by Holzapfel (1899). It is a 3D body fossil. Its type locality is Chut River (Holzapfel collection), which is in a Frasnian carbonate limestone in the Russian Federation.

It was recombined as Timanoceras backlundi by Bogoslovsky (1969); it was recombined as Sphaeromanticoceras backlundi by Korn and Klug (2002).

Sister species lacking formal opinion data

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1899Manticoceras backlundi Holzapfel
1969Timanoceras backlundi Bogoslovsky p. 305 figs. Pl 29, fig 4
2002Sphaeromanticoceras backlundi Korn and Klug p. 107

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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
genusSphaeromanticocerasClausen 1971
speciesbacklundi(Holzapfel 1899)

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: Middle Frasnian or 379.00000 to 375.20000 Ma

Collections: one only


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Middle Frasnian379.0 - 375.2Russian Federation (Komi Republic) Manticoceras backlundi (172179)