Cephalopoda - Goniatitida - Muensteroceratidae
Full reference: M. Gordon. 1964. Carboniferous Cephalopods of Arkansas. United States Geological Survey Professional Paper 460:1-322
Belongs to Muensteroceras according to M. Gordon 1964
Sister taxa: Muensteroceras complanatum, Muensteroceras fabrei, Muensteroceras holmesi, Muensteroceras indianense, Muensteroceras kazakhstanicum, Muensteroceras morganense, Muensteroceras multitudum, Muensteroceras osagense, Muensteroceras oweni, Muensteroceras parallelum, Muensteroceras pfefferae, Muensteroceras pisiforme, Muensteroceras quadriconstrictum, Muensteroceras subparallelum
Type specimen: USNM 119484, a shell. Its type locality is USGS 14346, White River at Glenn Creek, which is in a Kinderhookian carbonate limestone in the Walls Ferry Formation of Arkansas.
Ecology: fast-moving nektonic carnivore
Average measurements (in mm): shell diameter 15.0
Distribution:
• Carboniferous of United States (4: Arkansas collections)
Total: 4 collections each including a single occurrence
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