Cephalopoda - Nautilida - Tainoceratidae
Belongs to Metacoceras according to M. T. Sturgeon and A. K. Miller 1948
Sister taxa: Metacoceras altilobatum, Metacoceras artiense, Metacoceras baylorense, Metacoceras bituberculatum, Metacoceras bowmani, Metacoceras carinatum, Metacoceras cheneyi, Metacoceras chittidilense, Metacoceras copei, Metacoceras dorashamense, Metacoceras dorsoarmatum, Metacoceras dubium, Metacoceras hayi, Metacoceras hunanense, Metacoceras inconspicuum, Metacoceras knighti, Metacoceras kruglovi, Metacoceras medlicottianum, Metacoceras orthogonium, Metacoceras parartiense, Metacoceras sangamonense, Metacoceras subpiszovi, Metacoceras subquadratum, Metacoceras sulciferum, Metacoceras unklesbayi, Metacoceras vagans
Ecology: nektobenthic carnivore
Distribution:
• Virgilian of United States (15: Texas collections)
• Desmoinesian of United States (1: Oklahoma)
• Carboniferous of United States (1: Pennsylvania)
Total: 17 collections each including a single occurrence
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