Cephalopoda - Ammonitida - Engonoceratidae
Synonym: Epengonoceras Spath 1924
Full reference: A. Hyatt. 1903. Pseudoceratites of the Cretaceous. United States Geological Survey, Monograph 44:1-351
Parent taxon: Engonoceratidae according to L. G. Bulot 2010
See also Aly et al. 2008, Kennedy 2005, Kennedy et al. 1981, Kennedy et al. 1998, Meister et al. 1992 and Sepkoski 2002
Sister taxa: Engonoceras, Neolobites, Protengonoceras
Subtaxa: Metengonoceras acutum Metengonoceras ambiguum Metengonoceras aspenanum Metengonoceras bedoti Metengonoceras bravoense Metengonoceras dumbli Metengonoceras inscriptum Metengonoceras oliveirai Metengonoceras teigenense
Type: Metengonoceras inscriptum
Ecology: fast-moving nektonic carnivore
Distribution:
• Cretaceous of Jordan (2 collections), Madagascar (1), Mexico (3), Niger (4), Nigeria (2), Spain (1), United States (35: Colorado, Iowa, Minnesota, New Mexico, Texas)
Total: 48 collections including 50 occurrences
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