Cephalopoda - Ceratitida - Prionitidae

Alternative combination: Meekoceras gracilitatus

Synonyms: Clypeoceras pusillum Shevyrev 1990, Dagnoceras bridgesi Smith 1932, Meekoceras bridgesi Smith 1932, Meekoceras radiosus Smith 1932, Meekoceras sylvanum Smith 1932

Full reference: C. A. White. 1879. Paleontological papers no. 9: fossils of the Jura-Trias of southeastern Idaho. Bulletin of the United States Geological and Geographical Survey of the Territories 5:105-117

Belongs to Meekoceras according to A. Brayard et al. 2013

See also Brühwiler and Bucher 2012, Dagis et al. 1996, Dagis and Ermakova 1990, Hyatt and Smith 1905, Kummel and Steele 1962, Nichols and Silberling 1979, Rozanov and Shevyrev 2001, Shevyrev 1990, Shevyrev 1995, Smith 1904, Spath 1934, Tozer 1961, Tozer 1994, Wang and Chen 1979 and White 1879

Sister taxa: Meekoceras bittneri, Meekoceras bonnevillense, Meekoceras boreale, Meekoceras cadoricum, Meekoceras caprilense, Meekoceras caucasium, Meekoceras corvarense, Meekoceras cristatum, Meekoceras darvazicum, Meekoceras davisi, Meekoceras dubium, Meekoceras fulguratum, Meekoceras haydeni, Meekoceras infrequens, Meekoceras japonicum, Meekoceras kraffti, Meekoceras luchnikovi, Meekoceras malayicum, Meekoceras marginale, Meekoceras millardense, Meekoceras mushbachanum, Meekoceras nakazawai, Meekoceras olivieri, Meekoceras orientale, Meekoceras pusillum, Meekoceras rota, Meekoceras solitarium, Meekoceras tardum

Type specimens:

• Meekoceras gracilitatis: Its type locality is John Gray's Lake (locality 1), Unit D, which is in a Smithian carbonate limestone in the Thaynes Formation of Idaho
• Clypeoceras pusillum: PIN 4184/14. Its type locality is Alikagar Creek, Khozretishi Range, which is in a Smithian marine horizon in the Alikagarskaya Formation of Tajikistan.
• Dagnoceras bridgesi:
• Meekoceras radiosus:
• Meekoceras sylvanum:

Ecology: nektonic carnivore

Average measurements (in mm): shell diameter 68.3

Distribution:

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