Metoicoceras praecox Haas 1949 (ammonite)

Cephalopoda - Ammonitida - Acanthoceratidae

Full reference: O. Haas. 1949. Acanthoceratid ammonoidea from the Greybull, Wyoming. Bulletin of the American Museum of Natural History 93(1)

Belongs to Metoicoceras according to P. L. Sealey and S. G. Lucas 2019

Sister taxa: Metoicoceras bergquisti, Metoicoceras crassicostae, Metoicoceras geslinianum, Metoicoceras gibbosum, Metoicoceras latoventer, Metoicoceras mosbyense, Metoicoceras muelleri, Metoicoceras swallovi

Type specimen: AMNH 26415, a shell

Ecology: fast-moving nektonic carnivore

Average measurements (in mm): shell diameter 78.9

Distribution:

• Cretaceous of United States (2: Wyoming collections)

Total: 2 collections each including a single occurrence

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