Metoicoceras gibbosum Hyatt 1903 (ammonite)

Cephalopoda - Ammonitida - Acanthoceratidae

Synonyms: Barroisiceras trinodosum Moreman 1927, Metoicoceras ornatum Moreman 1942

Belongs to Metoicoceras according to M. R. Cooper 1978

See also Reyment 1955

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

Ecology: fast-moving nektonic carnivore

Average measurements (in mm): shell diameter 84.0

Distribution:

• Cretaceous of Angola (1 collection), Nigeria (1), United States (1: Texas)

Total: 3 collections each including a single occurrence

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