Metoicoceras swallovi Shumard 1859 (ammonite)

Cephalopoda - Ammonitida - Acanthoceratidae

Alternative combination: Ammonites swallovi

Belongs to Metoicoceras according to W. A. Cobban and W. J. Kennedy 1991

See also Chancellor 1982 and Hyatt 1903

Sister taxa: Metoicoceras bergquisti, Metoicoceras crassicostae, Metoicoceras geslinianum, Metoicoceras gibbosum, Metoicoceras latoventer, Metoicoceras mosbyense, Metoicoceras muelleri, Metoicoceras praecox

Ecology: fast-moving nektonic carnivore

Distribution: found only at USGS Mesozoic 14546, old Slate Shoals (Cretaceous of Texas)

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