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Manticoceras
Classification
Phylum:
Mollusca
Class:
Cephalopoda
Order:
Agoniatitida
Superfamily:
Pharcicerataceae
Family:
Gephuroceratidae
Formal Genus Name and Reference:
Manticoceras HYATT, 1884
Type Species:
Gon. simulator HALL, 1874
Images
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Figs. 29, 30C. M. sinuosum (Hall) N.Y.; 29A,B, X0.5 (12); 2ge, enlarged (12); 30e, Xl (l07).--Fig. 30B; 35A. *M. simulator (HALL), N.Y.; both X2 (107)
Synonyms
Gephuroceras, Crickites
Geographic Distribution
N.Am.-Eurasia-N.Afr.-W. Austral.
Age Range
Beginning Stage in Treatise Usage:
U.Dev.
Beginning International Stage:
Frasnian
Fraction Up In Beginning Stage:
0
Beginning Date:
378.9
Ending Stage in Treatise Usage:
U.Dev.
Ending International Stage:
Famennian
Fraction Up In Ending Stage:
100
Ending Date:
359.3
Description
Conch subdiscoidal to lenticular, umbilicus moderate to large. Sutures form 6 lobes
References
Museum or Author Information
Classification
Phylum:
Mollusca
Class:
Cephalopoda
Order:
Agoniatitida
Superfamily:
Pharcicerataceae
Family:
Gephuroceratidae
Formal Genus Name and Reference:
Manticoceras HYATT, 1884
Type Species:
Gon. simulator HALL, 1874
Images
(Click to enlarge in a new window)
Figs. 29, 30C. M. sinuosum (Hall) N.Y.; 29A,B, X0.5 (12); 2ge, enlarged (12); 30e, Xl (l07).--Fig. 30B; 35A. *M. simulator (HALL), N.Y.; both X2 (107)
Synonyms
Gephuroceras, Crickites
Geographic Distribution
N.Am.-Eurasia-N.Afr.-W. Austral.
Age Range
Beginning Stage in Treatise Usage:
U.Dev.
Beginning International Stage:
Frasnian
Fraction Up In Beginning Stage:
0
Beginning Date:
378.9
Ending Stage in Treatise Usage:
U.Dev.
Ending International Stage:
Famennian
Fraction Up In Ending Stage:
100
Ending Date:
359.3
Description
Conch subdiscoidal to lenticular, umbilicus moderate to large. Sutures form 6 lobes