Cephalopoda - Ammonitida - Acanthoceratidae
Alternative spelling: Acanthoceras (Mantelliceras)
Synonyms: Bunburyiceras Thomel 1972, Couloniceras Busnardo 1966, Mantelliceras (Couloniceras) Busnardo 1966, Mantelliceras (Promantelliceras) Thomel 1972, Neomantelliceras Thomel 1972, Promantelliceras Thomel 1972
Parent taxon: Mantelliceratinae according to A. S. Gale et al. 2018
See also Arkadiev et al. 2000, El Qot 2018, Förster 1975, Kellum and Mintz 1962, Kennedy 1994, Kennedy 2013, Kennedy et al. 2008, Kennedy et al. 2015, Kennedy and Morris 2018, Mancini 1982, Matsumoto 1959, Mosavinia and Wilmsen 2011, Sepkoski 2002, Sharifi et al. 2016, Szives 2007, Thomel 1972 and Wright et al. 1996
Sister taxa: Graysonites, Mhriliceras, Mrhiliceras, Sharpeiceras, Submantelliceras, Utaturiceras
Subtaxa: Mantelliceras budaense Mantelliceras camachoense Mantelliceras cantianum Mantelliceras charlestoni Mantelliceras couloni Mantelliceras dixoni Mantelliceras indicum Mantelliceras lecontei Mantelliceras lymense Mantelliceras mantelli Mantelliceras nitidum Mantelliceras phoenixense Mantelliceras picteti Mantelliceras portalesi Mantelliceras saxbii Mantelliceras tenue Mantelliceras tuberculatum
Type: Ammonites mantelli
Ecology: fast-moving nektonic carnivore
Distribution:
• Cretaceous of Angola (1 collection), Egypt (1), France (21), Germany (20), Iran (8), Japan (2), Kazakhstan (2), Madagascar (7), Mexico (5), Mozambique (2), the Russian Federation (1), South Africa (1), Spain (1), Tanzania (1), Turkmenistan (1), Ukraine (1), the United Kingdom (14), United States (10: California, New Mexico, Oregon, Texas)
Total: 99 collections including 194 occurrences
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