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Metoicoceras latoventer

Geological Range

Cenomanian

Paleogeographic Distribution

Texas to New Mexico

Remarks

Original presentation: Metoicoceras latoventer

Original publication: Stephenson. 1953. [p. 209, pl. 53, figs 1-9, pl. 54, figs 9-11].

Holotype: TMM 2574.

Type locality: 4 miles east of Whitesboro, Grayson County, Texas (Kennedy and Cobban, 1990a).

Type horizon: “Templeton Member of the Woodbine Formation” (Kennedy and Cobban, 1990a, p. 139).

Other specimens: USNM 105998-105601, USNM 106002a-j, USNM 106003, OUM KT 3926, OUM KT 3927, OUM KT 3929-3936.

Zonation: Plesiacanthoceras wyomingense zone (Kennedy and Cobban, 1990a).

PaleoDB taxon number: 318408.

Synonym: questionably Metoicoceras crassicostae Stephenson, 1953 (Kennedy and Cobban, 1990a).

References: Kennedy and Cobban (1990a).

Stratigraphic Occurrences

Cenomanian
Mancos Shale (NM)
Plesiacanthoceras wyomingense zone (TX)
Woodbine Formation (TX)
Woodbine Formation (Templeton Member) (TX)
Unknown Stage
Eagle Ford Formation (TX)
Specimen of <i>Metoicoceras latoventer</i>. See original caption for additional details. Image modified from pl. 17, figs 1, 2 in Kennedy and Cobban (1990a in <i>Palaeontology</i>), made available through Biodiversity Heritage Library via a CC BY-NC-SA 4.0 license.
Specimen of Metoicoceras latoventer. See original caption for additional details. Image modified from pl. 17, figs 1, 2 in Kennedy and Cobban (1990a in Palaeontology), made available through Biodiversity Heritage Library via a CC BY-NC-SA 4.0 license.
Suture pattern of <i>Metoicoceras latoventer</i>. See original caption for additional details. Image modified from text-fig. 24a, b in Kennedy and Cobban (1990a in <i>Palaeontology</i>), made available through Biodiversity Heritage Library via a CC BY-NC-SA 4.0 license.
Suture pattern of Metoicoceras latoventer. See original caption for additional details. Image modified from text-fig. 24a, b in Kennedy and Cobban (1990a in Palaeontology), made available through Biodiversity Heritage Library via a CC BY-NC-SA 4.0 license.
<i> Metoicoceras latoventer </i> from the Cenomanian Woodbine Fm. of Texas (Stephenson 1953).
Metoicoceras latoventer from the Cenomanian Woodbine Fm. of Texas (Stephenson 1953).
<i> Metoicoceras latoventer </i> from the Cenomanian Woodbine Fm. of Texas (Stephenson 1953).
Metoicoceras latoventer from the Cenomanian Woodbine Fm. of Texas (Stephenson 1953).
<i> Metoicoceras latoventer </i> from the Cenomanian Woodbine Fm. of Texas (Stephenson 1953).
Metoicoceras latoventer from the Cenomanian Woodbine Fm. of Texas (Stephenson 1953).
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