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
Parent taxon: Metacoceratidae according to D. Korn 2025
See also Laptikhovsky et al. 2013, Sepkoski 2002 and Teichert et al. 1964
Sister taxa: Anthodiscoceras, Huanghoceras, Lichuanoceras, Mahoningoceras, Metacoceras, Mojsvaroceras, Pseudofoordiceras, Pseudotemnocheilus, Serometacoceras, Shansinautilus, Sinotitanoceras, Tanchiashanites
Subtaxa: Cooperoceras texanum
Ecology: nektobenthic carnivore
Distribution:
• Permian of United States (3: Texas collections)
• Carboniferous of United States (1: Illinois)
Total: 4 collections each including a single occurrence
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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