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Mantelliceras mantelli

Cephalopoda - Ammonitida - Acanthoceratidae

Taxonomy
Ammonites mantelli was named by Sowerby (1814) [DISTRIBUTION: Cenomanian; Europe.]. Its type specimen is BMNH 43940, a shell, and it is a 3D body fossil. It is the type species of Mantelliceras.

It was recombined as Mantelliceras mantelli by Hyatt (1903), Böse (1928), Kellum and Mintz (1962), Förster (1975), Kennedy (1994), Kennedy (1994), Mosavinia and Wilmsen (2011), Kennedy (2013), Sharifi et al. (2016), Gale et al. (2018), Kennedy and Morris (2018), Oudni et al. (2025).

Sister species lacking formal opinion data
M. laticlavium, M. martimpreyi, M. olcostephanoides, M. souaillonense, M. ventnorense

Synonyms
Synonymy list
YearName and author
1814Ammonites mantelli Sowerby p. 119 figs. Pl. LV
1903Mantelliceras mantelli Hyatt p. 113
1928Mantelliceras mantelli Böse p. 250
1962Mantelliceras mantelli Kellum and Mintz p. 272
1964Mantelliceras ampakabense Collignon p. 74 figs. Pl 341, fig 1528
1964Mantelliceras isovokyense Collignon p. 76 figs. Pl 342, figs 1529, 1530
1964Mantelliceras betiokyense Collignon p. 78 figs. Pl 343, figs 1531, 1532
1964Mantelliceras alternans Collignon p. 97 figs. Pl 351, figs 1557
1975Mantelliceras mantelli Förster p. 247
1994Mantelliceras mantelli Kennedy p. 222
2011Mantelliceras mantelli Mosavinia and Wilmsen p. 178 figs. 3A-E
2013Mantelliceras mantelli Kennedy p. 634 figs. Pl 2, figs 1-7; pl 3, figs 1-5
2016Mantelliceras mantelli Sharifi et al. p. 597 fig. 7
2018Mantelliceras mantelli Gale et al. p. 111 fig. 10D,E
2018Mantelliceras mantelli Kennedy and Morris p. 93 figs. 6E, 7X-Z, 8A-C,G-Q,U-W
2025Mantelliceras mantelli Oudni et al. p. 8 figs. 6B1-B3

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
—Bilateria
—EubilateriaAx 1987
—Protostomia
—Spiralia
superphylumLophotrochozoa
phylumMollusca
classCephalopodaCuvier 1797
RankNameAuthor
subclassAmmonoidea()
orderAmmonitidaHaeckel 1866
suborderAmmonitinaHyatt 1889
superfamilyAcanthoceratoidea(de Grossouvre 1894)
familyAcanthoceratidaeGrossouvre 1894
subfamilyMantelliceratinaeHyatt 1903
genusMantellicerasHyatt 1903
speciesmantelli()

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.

†Mantelliceras mantelli Sowerby 1814
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Invalid names: Mantelliceras alternans Collignon 1964 [synonym], Mantelliceras ampakabense Collignon 1964 [synonym], Mantelliceras betiokyense Collignon 1964 [synonym], Mantelliceras isovokyense Collignon 1964 [synonym]
Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
partNmeanminimummaximummedians.d.
shell height614.210.034.012.09.14
shell diameter629.521.070.025.518.6
shell inflation68.036.0019.07.005.04

Composition: aragoniteo
Environment: marinec
Locomotion: fast-movingo
Life habit: nektonico
Diet: carnivoreo
Vision: well-developedc
Created: 2005-01-28 02:27:03
Modified: 2009-10-08 14:14:55
Source: o = order, c = class
References: Kiessling 2004, Kiessling 2003

Age range: Early/Lower Cenomanian or 100.50000 to 93.90000 Ma

Collections (36 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Cenomanian100.5 - 93.9United Kingdom (England) Ammonites mantelli (154013)
Early/Lower Cenomanian100.5 - 93.9Mozambique Mantelliceras mantelli (174823)
Early/Lower Cenomanian100.5 - 93.9Kazakhstan Mantelliceras mantelli (186732)
Early/Lower Cenomanian100.5 - 93.9France (Normandy) Mantelliceras mantelli (4028 4030 4033 59658)
Early/Lower Cenomanian100.5 - 93.9France Mantelliceras mantelli (13500 82841 85020)
Early/Lower Cenomanian100.5 - 93.9Madagascar Mantelliceras mantelli (174320 174322 174323 174324 174325 174330)
Early/Lower Cenomanian100.5 - 93.9Tanzania Mantelliceras mantelli (193269)
Early/Lower Cenomanian100.5 - 93.9United Kingdom Mantelliceras mantelli (193271)
Early/Lower Cenomanian100.5 - 93.9United Kingdom (England) Ammonites mantelli (49496) Mantelliceras mantelli (81002 82793 82798 82912 82915 230775)
Early/Lower Cenomanian100.5 - 93.9Germany (Westphalia) Mantelliceras mantelli (4066)
Early/Lower Cenomanian100.5 - 93.9Algeria Mantelliceras mantelli (241586 241588)
Early/Lower Cenomanian100.5 - 93.9Iran Mantelliceras mantelli (173342 174333 183694 183700)
Late/Upper Cenomanian100.5 - 93.9Mexico (Coahuila de Zaragoza) Mantelliceras mantelli (88224 88225)
Middle Cenomanian100.5 - 93.9France (Normandy) Mantelliceras mantelli (4027)
Middle Cenomanian100.5 - 93.9France Mantelliceras mantelli (82843)