Megaglossoceras glicki Gordon 1964 (nautiloid)

Cephalopoda - Nautilida - Ephippioceratidae

Full reference: M. Gordon. 1964. Carboniferous Cephalopods of Arkansas. United States Geological Survey Professional Paper 460:1-322

Belongs to Megaglossoceras according to M. Gordon 1964

Sister taxa: Megaglossoceras barskovi, Megaglossoceras okense, Megaglossoceras pristinum

Type specimen: USNM 120194, a shell. Its type locality is USGS 17690, Hobbtown quarry, which is in a Moscovian marine siliciclastic in the Atoka Formation of Arkansas.

Ecology: nektobenthic carnivore

Average measurements (in mm): shell diameter 65.0

Distribution: found only at USGS 17690, Hobbtown quarry

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