Manticoceras

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Manticoceras
Temporal range: Devonian
Manticoceras species on display at the Museo Civico di Storia Naturale di Milano
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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.

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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]

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