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Manticoceras guppyi

Cephalopoda - Agoniatitida - Gephuroceratidae

Taxonomy
Manticoceras guppyi was named by Glenister (1958). Its type specimen is CPC 1729, a shell, and it is a 3D body fossil. Its type locality is BMR RS 178, Bugle Gap, which is in a Frasnian marine horizon in the Virgin Hills Formation of Australia.

Sister species lacking formal opinion data

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1958Manticoceras guppyi Glenister p. 74 figs. Pl 7, fig 1; pl 8, figs 3,4; pl 10, figs 4,5; text-figs 5A, 6A-D
2002Manticoceras guppyi Korn and Klug p. 103

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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
speciesguppyi

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 guppyi Glenister 1958
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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 2003, Aberhan et al. 2004, Kiessling 2004

Age range: base of the Frasnian to the top of the Late/Upper Frasnian or 382.70000 to 376.10000 Ma

Collections (23 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Early/Lower Frasnian383.7 - 382.4Australia (Western Australia) Manticoceras guppyi (170988)
Frasnian382.7 - 372.2Australia (Western Australia) Manticoceras guppyi (39059 39068 170957 170959 170965)
Late/Upper Frasnian379.5 - 376.1Australia (Western Australia) Manticoceras guppyi (170950 170951 170961 170963 170966 170967 170971 type locality: 170972 170973 170974 170975 170976 170977 170978 170981 170984 170986)