Cephalopoda - Goniatitida - Metalegoceratidae
Full reference: A. K. Miller and W. M. Furnish. 1940. Permian ammonoids of the Guadalupe Mountain region and adjacent area. Geological Society of America Special Paper 26:1-242
Belongs to Eothinites according to T. B. Leonova 2002
See also Miller and Furnish 1940
Sister taxa: Eothinites aktastensis, Eothinites aktubensis, Eothinites cancellatus, Eothinites convexus, Eothinites evolutus, Eothinites kargalensis, Eothinites planulatus, Eothinites pseudomeneghinii, Eothinites schabalkini, Eothinites solitus, Eothinites stenomphalus, Eothinites usvensis
Type specimen: Its type locality is R.E. King 223, Old Word Ranch, Glass Mountains, which is in a Kungurian carbonate limestone in the Hess Formation of Texas.
Ecology: fast-moving nektonic carnivore
Distribution:
• Permian of United States (3: Texas collections)
Total: 3 collections each including a single occurrence
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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