†Cooperoceras texanum Miller 1945 (mollusk)
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Cephalopoda - Nautilida - Metacoceratidae
Full reference: A. K. Miller. 1945. Permian nautiloids from the Glass Mountains and the Sierra Diablo of west Texas. Journal of Paleontology 19(3):282-294
Belongs to Cooperoceras according to A. K. Miller and W. Youngquist 1949
See also Miller 1945
Sister taxa: none
Type specimen: USNM 111621. Its type locality is USNM706e, Hess Canyon, Glass Mountains, which is in a Roadian marine limestone in the Word Formation of Texas.
Ecology: nektobenthic carnivore
Distribution:
• Permian of United States (2: Texas collections)
Total: 2 collections each including a single occurrence
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