Metotoceras Spath 1930 (ceratite)

Cephalopoda - Ceratitida - Otoceratidae

Alternative spelling: Otoceras (Metotoceras)

Full reference: L. F. Spath. 1930. The Eotriassic invertebrate fauna of East Greenland. Meddeleser om Grønland 83(1):1-90

Parent taxon: Otoceratidae according to D. Korn 2006

See also Spath 1934, Spath 1935 and Zhang et al. 2017

Sister taxa: Anotoceras, Julfotoceras, Otoceras

Subtaxa: none

Type: Otoceras (Metotoceras) dieneri

Ecology: nektonic carnivore

Distribution: found only at Basal Member, Song Sai Gon Formation, Ta Thiet Basin, S Vietnam (Triassic of Vietnam)

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