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Mollusca
Cephalopoda
Nautilida
Tainoceratidae
Metacoceras
Metacoceras
Phylum:
Mollusca
Class:
Cephalopoda
Order:
Nautilida
Family:
Tainoceratidae
Genus:
Metacoceras
Species
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Species of
Metacoceras
present in the Pennsylvanian of the American Midcontinent
Metacoceras cavatiforme
Geological Range
Morrowan to Virgilian; Extinct.
Paleogeographic Distribution
Texas to Ohio.
Stratigraphic Occurrences
Virgilian
Deer Creek Limestone (Ozawkie Limestone Member) (KS)
Graham Formation (Wayland Shale Member) (TX)
Graham Formation (Gunsight Limestone Member) (TX)
Graham Formation (Jacksboro Limestone Member) (TX)
Graham Formation (Finis Shale Member) (TX)
Oread Limestone (KS)
Oread Limestone (Toronto Limestone Member) (KS)
Tecumseh Shale (KS)
Topeka Limestone (KS)
Wood Siding Formation (Brownville Limestone Member) (KS)
Missourian
Brad Formation (TX)
Checkerboard Formation (KS)
Dennis Limestone (KS)
Dennis Limestone (Winterset Limestone Member) (KS)
Drum Limestone (KS)
Drum Limestone (MO)
Drum Limestone (Corbin City Limestone Member) (KS)
Drum Limestone (Dewey Limestone Member) (OK)
Hertha Limestone (Critzer Limestone Member) (KS)
Iola Limestone (OK, KS, MO)
Keechi Creek Formation (TX)
Plattsburg Limestone (KS)
Plattsburg Limestone (Spring Hill Limestone Member) (KS)
Stanton Limestone (OK, KS)
Stanton Limestone (MO)
Stanton Limestone (Captain Creek Limestone Member) (KS)
Stanton Limestone (Eudora Shale Member) (OK, KS)
Stanton Limestone (South Bend Limestone Member) (KS)
Stanton Limestone (Stoner Limestone Member) (KS)
Wyandotte Limestone (Argentine Limestone Member) (KS)
Wyandotte Limestone (Farley Limestone Member) (KS)
Desmoinesian
Allegheny Formation (Putnam Hill Limestone Member) (OH)
Allegheny Formation (Washingtonville Shale Member) (OH)
East Mountain Shale (TX)
Fort Scott Limestone (KS)
Holdenville Shale (OK)
Salesville Shale (TX)
Wetumka Formation (OK)
Morrowan
Golf Course Formation (Otterville Limestone Member) (OK)
Unknown Stage
Cherokee Shale (KS)
Coal Measures (MO)
Metacoceras sp.
from the Drum Limestone of Montgomery County, Kansas (KUMIP 38631).