Cephalopoda - Ammonitida - Acanthoceratidae
Alternative combination: Ammonites geslinianum
Synonyms: Mammites gourdoni de Grossouvre 1912, Metoecoceras boesei Jones 1938, Metoicoceras bosei Jones 1938, Metoicoceras frontierense Cobban 1988, Metoicoceras gourdoni de Grossouvre 1912, Metoicoceras kanabense Hyatt 1903, Metoicoceras whitei Hyatt 1903
Belongs to Metoicoceras according to M. L. Guendouz et al. 2022
See also Abdel-Gawad 2008, Barroso-Barcenilla 2004, Chancellor 1982, Cobban et al. 2008, Cobban and Kennedy 1991, Cooper 1978, Kennedy et al. 1981, Kirkland 1996, Meister et al. 1992, Wiedmann 1960, Wilmsen and Nagm 2013 and Wilmsen and Nagm 2014
Sister taxa: Metoicoceras bergquisti, Metoicoceras crassicostae, Metoicoceras gibbosum, Metoicoceras latoventer, Metoicoceras mosbyense, Metoicoceras muelleri, Metoicoceras praecox, Metoicoceras swallovi
Subtaxa: Metoicoceras whitei praecox
Average measurements (in mm): shell diameter 88.6
Distribution:
• Cretaceous of Algeria (2 collections), Brazil (1), France (1), Germany (7), Libya (1), Mexico (3), Niger (1), Spain (2), the United Kingdom (2), United States (22: Arizona, Colorado, Montana, New Mexico, Texas, Utah, Wyoming)
Total: 42 collections including 43 occurrences
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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