Cephalopoda - Nautilida - Tainoceratidae
Full reference: H. W. Miller and W. J. Breed. 1964. Metacoceras bowmani, a new species of nautiloid from the Toroweap Formation (Permian) of Arizona. Journal of Paleontology 38(5):877-880
Belongs to Metacoceras according to H. W. Miller and W. J. Breed 1964
Sister taxa: Metacoceras altilobatum, Metacoceras artiense, Metacoceras baylorense, Metacoceras bituberculatum, Metacoceras carinatum, Metacoceras cheneyi, Metacoceras chittidilense, Metacoceras copei, Metacoceras cornutum, Metacoceras dorashamense, Metacoceras dorsoarmatum, Metacoceras dubium, Metacoceras hayi, Metacoceras hunanense, Metacoceras inconspicuum, Metacoceras knighti, Metacoceras kruglovi, Metacoceras medlicottianum, Metacoceras orthogonium, Metacoceras parartiense, Metacoceras sangamonense, Metacoceras subpiszovi, Metacoceras subquadratum, Metacoceras sulciferum, Metacoceras unklesbayi, Metacoceras vagans
Type specimen: Mus N. Ariz G2.7522, a shell. Its type locality is Bowman Quarry MNA PK-5, Williams, which is in a Kungurian lagoonal/restricted shallow subtidal limestone in the Toroweap Formation of Arizona.
Ecology: nektobenthic carnivore
Average measurements (in mm): shell diameter 94.4
Distribution: found only at Bowman Quarry MNA PK-5, Williams
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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