†Metoicoceras swallovi Shumard 1859 (ammonite)
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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)
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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