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 collinsoni, Muensteroceras complanatum, Muensteroceras fabrei, Muensteroceras holmesi, Muensteroceras indianense, Muensteroceras kazakhstanicum, Muensteroceras morganense, Muensteroceras multitudum, Muensteroceras osagense, Muensteroceras oweni, Muensteroceras parallelum, Muensteroceras pfefferae, Muensteroceras quadriconstrictum, Muensteroceras subparallelum
Type specimen: USNM 119489, a shell. Its type locality is USNM 3301, East (Sequoyah) Mountain, which is in a Pendleian marine shale in the Fayetteville Formation of Arkansas.
Ecology: fast-moving nektonic carnivore
Average measurements (in mm): shell diameter 9.02
Distribution:
• Carboniferous of United States (9: Arkansas collections)
Total: 9 collections each including a single occurrence
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