Cephalopoda - Nautilida - Tainoceratidae
Full reference: A. K. Miller and W. Youngquist. 1947. Lower Permian cephalopods from the Texas Colorado River valley. University of Kansas Paleontological Contributions, Mollusca 1:1-15
Belongs to Metacoceras according to A. K. Miller and W. Youngquist 1949
See also Miller and Youngquist 1947
Sister taxa: Metacoceras altilobatum, Metacoceras artiense, Metacoceras baylorense, Metacoceras bituberculatum, Metacoceras bowmani, Metacoceras carinatum, Metacoceras chittidilense, Metacoceras copei, Metacoceras cornutum, Metacoceras dorashamense, Metacoceras dorsoarmatum, Metacoceras dubium, Metacoceras hayi, Metacoceras hunanense, Metacoceras inconspicuum, Metacoceras knighti, Metacoceras kruglovi, Metacoceras medlicottianum, Metacoceras orthogonium, Metacoceras parartiense, Metacoceras sangamonense, Metacoceras subpiszovi, Metacoceras subquadratum, Metacoceras sulciferum, Metacoceras unklesbayi, Metacoceras vagans
Type specimen: Its type locality is USGS 9802, S of Highway 67, Coleman, which is in an Artinskian shallow subtidal lime mudstone/shale in the Admiral Formation of Texas
Ecology: nektobenthic carnivore
Average measurements (in mm): shell diameter 63.5
Distribution: found only at USGS 9802, S of Highway 67, Coleman
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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