Manticoceras
| Manticoceras Temporal range: Devonian | |
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| Manticoceras species on display at the Museo Civico di Storia Naturale di Milano | |
| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Mollusca |
| Class: | Cephalopoda |
| Subclass: | Ammonoidea |
| Order: | Ammonitida |
| Family: | Gephuroceratidae |
| Genus: | Manticoceras Hyatt 1884 |
Manticoceras is a genus of ammonites included in the family Gephuroceratidae. These fast-moving nektonic carnivores lived in the Devonian period, from 382.4 to 376.1 Ma.
Species
- Manticoceras adorfense
- Manticoceras contractum
- Manticoceras drevermanni
- Manticoceras intumescens
- Manticoceras lamed
- Manticoceras nodifer
- Manticoceras simulator
- Manticoceras sinuosum
Distribution
Fossils of species within this genus have been found in the sediments of Germany, Australia, Canada, France, Poland, Spain, the United Kingdom and United States. [1]
References
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