Manticoceras

Manticoceras Temporal range:
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.