Cephalopoda - Goniatitida - Metalegoceratidae

Alternative combination: Rhiphaeites planulatus

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

Belongs to Eothinites according to A. K. Miller and W. M. Furnish 1940

See also Plummer and Scott 1937

Sister taxa: Eothinites aktastensis, Eothinites aktubensis, Eothinites cancellatus, Eothinites convexus, Eothinites evolutus, Eothinites hessensis, Eothinites kargalensis, Eothinites pseudomeneghinii, Eothinites schabalkini, Eothinites solitus, Eothinites stenomphalus, Eothinites usvensis

Type specimen: Its type locality is Mule Creek, S of Colorado River, Runnels County, which is in a Kungurian marine siliciclastic in the Choza Formation of Texas

Ecology: fast-moving nektonic carnivore

Distribution: found only at Mule Creek, S of Colorado River, Runnels County

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