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Manticoceras species on display at the Museo Civico di Storia Naturale di Milano | |
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Family: | Gephuroceratidae
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Genus: | Manticoceras Hyatt 1884
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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.
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]