Cephalopoda - Ammonitida - Acanthoceratidae
Alternative spelling: Dunveganoceras (Plesiacanthoceras)
Parent taxon: Mammitinae according to Cooper 1998
See also Kennedy and Cobban 1990, Sepkoski 2002 and Wright et al. 1996
Sister taxa: Buccinammonites, Buchiceras, Cryptometoicoceras, Dunveganoceras, Fikaites, Mammites, Metasigaloceras, Metoicoceras, Mitonia, Nannometoicoceras, Parabuchiceras, Paracompsoceras, Praemetoicoceras, Pseudoaspidoceras, Rhamphidoceras, Spathites, Texacanthoceras
Subtaxa: Dunveganoceras (Plesiacanthoceras) wyomingense Plesiacanthoceras bellsanum
Type: Metoicoceras wyomingensis
Ecology: fast-moving nektonic carnivore
Distribution:
• Cretaceous of Canada (2: Alberta collections), United States (7: Montana, New Mexico, Texas, Wyoming)
Total: 9 collections including 10 occurrences
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