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Mantelliceras tuberculatum

Cephalopoda - Ammonitida - Acanthoceratidae

Taxonomy
Ammonites tuberculata was named by Mantell (1822) [Ammonites mantelli var. tuberculata].

It was recombined as Mantelliceras tuberculatum by Förster (1975).

Sister species lacking formal opinion data
M. martimpreyi, M. ventnorense

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1822Ammonites tuberculata Mantell p. 114
1975Mantelliceras tuberculatum Förster p. 244 figs. Pl 17, fig 3; text-fig 79c

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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
speciestuberculatum(Mantell 1822)

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
partNmean
shell height125.0
shell diameter153.0
shell inflation114.0

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 100.50000 to 93.90000 Ma

Collections (11 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Early/Lower Cenomanian100.5 - 93.9France Mantelliceras tuberculatum (230874)
Early/Lower Cenomanian100.5 - 93.9United Kingdom (England) Mantelliceras tuberculatum (81001 82793 82798)
Early/Lower Cenomanian100.5 - 93.9Iran Mantelliceras tuberculatum (173342)
Early/Lower Cenomanian100.5 - 93.9France (Normandy) Mantelliceras tuberculatum (4028 4030 4033)
Early/Lower Cenomanian100.5 - 93.9Mozambique Mantelliceras tuberculatum (174829)
Early/Lower Cenomanian100.5 - 93.9Turkmenistan Mantelliceras tuberculatum (186686)
Middle Cenomanian100.5 - 93.9France (Normandy) Mantelliceras tuberculatum (4027)