†Metengonoceras inscriptum Hyatt 1903 (ammonite)
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Cephalopoda - Ammonitida - Engonoceratidae
Full reference: A. Hyatt. 1903. Pseudoceratites of the Cretaceous. United States Geological Survey, Monograph 44:1-351
Belongs to Metengonoceras according to W. J. Kennedy et al. 1998
Sister taxa: Metengonoceras acutum, Metengonoceras ambiguum, Metengonoceras aspenanum, Metengonoceras bedoti, Metengonoceras bravoense, Metengonoceras dumbli, Metengonoceras oliveirai, Metengonoceras teigenense
Ecology: fast-moving nektonic carnivore
Average measurements (in mm): shell diameter 78.3
Distribution:
• Cretaceous of United States (2: Texas collections)
Total: 2 collections each including a single occurrence
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