Marathonites moorei Plummer and Scott 1937

Cephalopoda - Goniatitida - Marathonitidae

Alternative combination: Vidrioceras moorei

Full reference: F. B. Plummer and G. Scott. 1937. Upper Paleozoic ammonites in Texas. The University of Texas Bulletin 3701:1-516

Belongs to Marathonites according to M. F. Bogoslovskaya 1990

See also Plummer and Scott 1937

Sister taxa: Marathonites (Marathonites), Marathonites guangdongensis, Marathonites jpsmithi, Marathonites uralensis, Marathonites vidriensis

Type specimen: Its type locality is B.E.G248-T-8 (B-5), Creek NW of Chico, which is in a Kasimovian marine shale in the Caddo Creek Formation of Texas.

Average measurements (in mm): shell diameter 8.00

Distribution:

• Carboniferous of United States (2: Texas collections)

Total: 2 collections each including a single occurrence

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