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Sphaeromanticoceras backlundi

Cephalopoda - Agoniatitida - Gephuroceratidae

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).

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
kingdomAnimalia()
Bilateria
EubilateriaAx 1987
Protostomia
Spiralia
superphylumLophotrochozoa
phylumMollusca
classCephalopodaCuvier 1797
RankNameAuthor
subclassAmmonoidea()
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
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