Manticoceras

{{Short description|Extinct genus of molluscs}}

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{{Taxobox

| name = Manticoceras

| image = Manticoceras NMNH.jpg

| image_width = 250px

| image_caption = Manticoceras evolutum fossil, National Museum of Natural History

| fossil_range = {{fossil range|Devonian}}

| regnum = Animalia

| phylum = Mollusca

| classis = Cephalopoda

| subclassis = Ammonoidea

| ordo = Ammonitida

| familia = Gephuroceratidae

| genus = Manticoceras

| genus_authority = 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

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.[https://www.fossilworks.org Paleobiology Database]

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