Cephalopoda - Agoniatitida - Gephuroceratidae
Alternative spelling: Goniatites (Manticoceras)
Synonyms: Gephuroceras Hyatt 1884, Gephyroceras Hyatt 1884
Parent taxon: Gephuroceratinae according to D. Korn 2006
See also Arkell et al. 1957, Glenister 1958, Korn and Klug 2002, Sepkoski 2002 and Yatskov 1990
Sister taxa: Clauseniceras, Crickites, Delphiceras, Mixomanticoceras, Playfordites, Serramanticoceras, Sphaeromanticoceras, Timanoceras
Subtaxa: Manticoceras (Manticoceras) Manticoceras adorfense Manticoceras ammon Manticoceras artum Manticoceras buchii Manticoceras carinatum Manticoceras contractum Manticoceras cordatum Manticoceras drevermanni Manticoceras eliseevi Manticoceras guppyi Manticoceras insulare Manticoceras intermedium Manticoceras intermedium Manticoceras intumescens Manticoceras inversum Manticoceras kindlei Manticoceras kweipingense Manticoceras lamed Manticoceras latisellatum Manticoceras lenticulare Manticoceras lyaiolense Manticoceras nodifer Manticoceras reflexicosta Manticoceras regulare Manticoceras rugosum Manticoceras schellwieni Manticoceras simulator Manticoceras sinuosum Manticoceras stuckenbergi Manticoceras subcordiforme Manticoceras wurmii Manticoceras zhongguoense
Ecology: fast-moving nektonic carnivore
Distribution:
• Devonian of Australia (40 collections), Canada (2: Ontario), France (1), Germany (8), Iran (1), Kazakhstan (2), Poland (2), the Russian Federation (82), Spain (1), the United Kingdom (1), United States (43: Iowa, New York, Ohio), Western Sahara (2)
Total: 185 collections including 293 occurrences
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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