Metacrimites newelli Miller and Furnish 1940 (ammonite)

Cephalopoda - Goniatitida - Adrianitidae

Alternative combinations: Adrianites newelli, Neocrimites newelli

Full reference: A. K. Miller and W. M. Furnish. 1940. Permian ammonoids of the Guadalupe Mountain region and adjacent area. Geological Society of America Special Paper 26:1-242

Belongs to Metacrimites according to T. B. Leonova 2002

See also Clifton 1942, Cooper and Grant 1977 and Miller 1944

Sister taxa: Neocrimites (Metacrimites), Neocrimites (Neocrimites), Neocrimites (Sosiocrimites), Neocrimites fredericksi, Neocrimites guangxiensis, Neocrimites guizhouensis, Neocrimites jiajiaensis, Neocrimites nalivkini, Neocrimites obesus, Neocrimites oyensi, Neocrimites rothpletzi

Type specimen: Its type locality is Clay Slide, Glass Mountains (USGS collection), which is in a Kungurian marine horizon in the Cathedral Mountain Formation of Texas

Ecology: fast-moving nektonic carnivore

Average measurements (in mm): shell diameter 18.3

Distribution:

• Permian of Mexico (2 collections), United States (6: Texas)

Total: 8 collections each including a single occurrence

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