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Manticoceras Temporal range: Frasnian to Famennian
Manticoceras evolutum fossil, National Museum of Natural History
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Mollusca
Class:	Cephalopoda
Subclass:	Ammonoidea
Order:	Agoniatitida
Family:	Gephuroceratidae
Genus:	Manticoceras Hyatt 1884

Manticoceras is a genus of agoniatitid ammonoids 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
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• 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.