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Mantelliceras dixoni

Cephalopoda - Ammonitida - Acanthoceratidae

Taxonomy

Mantelliceras dixoni was named by Spath (1926). Its type specimen is BMNH C33630, a shell, and it is a 3D body fossil.

Sister species lacking formal opinion data

M. martimpreyi, M. ventnorense

Synonyms

Mantelliceras pseudohyatti was named by Collignon (1964).

It was synonymized subjectively with Mantelliceras dixoni by Kennedy (2013).
Mantelliceras lateretuberculatum was named by Collignon (1964).

It was synonymized subjectively with Mantelliceras dixoni by Kennedy (2013).
Mantelliceras beynense was named by Thomel (1972).

It was synonymized subjectively with Mantelliceras dixoni by Kaplan et al. (1998).
Mantelliceras beynense baylei was named by Thomel (1972).

It was synonymized subjectively with Mantelliceras dixoni by Kaplan et al. (1998).

Synonymy list

Year	Name and author
1926	Mantelliceras dixoni Spath pp. 427, 430
1964	Mantelliceras pseudohyatti Collignon p. 73 figs. Pl 341, fig 1525
1964	Mantelliceras lateretuberculatum Collignon p. 90 figs. Pl 348, fig 1548; pl 349, fig 1552
1972	Mantelliceras beynense Thomel p. 41 figs. pl. 10 f. 1-2
1972	Mantelliceras beynense baylei Thomel p. 42 figs. pl. 10, Fig. 1, 2.
2013	Mantelliceras dixoni Kennedy p. 639 figs. Pl 4, figs 1,2; text-fig 5

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Rank	Name	Author
kingdom	Animalia	()
—	Bilateria
—	Eubilateria	Ax 1987
—	Protostomia
—	Spiralia
superphylum	Lophotrochozoa
phylum	Mollusca
class	Cephalopoda	Cuvier 1797

Rank	Name	Author
subclass	Ammonoidea	()
order	Ammonitida
suborder	Ammonitina	Hyatt 1889
superfamily	Acanthoceratoidea	(de Grossouvre 1894)
family	Acanthoceratidae	Grossouvre 1894
subfamily	Mantelliceratinae	Hyatt 1903
genus	Mantelliceras	Hyatt 1903
species	dixoni	Spath 1926

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 dixoni Spath 1926

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Invalid names: Mantelliceras baylei Thomel 1972 [synonym], Mantelliceras beynense Thomel 1972 [synonym], Mantelliceras lateretuberculatum Collignon 1964 [synonym], Mantelliceras pseudohyatti Collignon 1964 [synonym]

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:

2005-01-28 02:27:03

Modified:

2009-10-08 14:14:55

Source: o = order, c = class

References: Kiessling 2003, Kiessling 2004

Age range: Middle Cenomanian or 99.60000 to 93.50000 Ma

Collections (19 total)

Time interval	Ma	Country or state	Original ID and collection number
Early/Lower Cenomanian - Late/Upper Albian	99.6 - 99.6	Spain	Mantelliceras dixoni (3832)
Early/Lower Cenomanian	99.6 - 93.5	United Kingdom (England)	Mantelliceras dixoni (81002)
Early/Lower Cenomanian	99.6 - 93.5	Madagascar	Mantelliceras dixoni (174322)
Early/Lower Cenomanian	99.6 - 93.5	Germany	Mantelliceras dixoni (12400 12401 12457 12471 12472 12473 12474 12475 12476 12477 12559)
Early/Lower Cenomanian - Middle Cenomanian	99.6 - 93.5	Germany	Mantelliceras dixoni (12458 12478 12505 12560)
Middle Cenomanian	99.6 - 93.5	France (Normandy)	Mantelliceras dixoni (4027)