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Metoicoceras swallovi

Geological Range

Cenomanian to Turonian

Paleogeographic Distribution

Texas to Montana

Remarks

Original presentation: Ammonites swallovi

Original publication: Shumard. 1860 [p. 591].

Types: “The whereabouts of Shumard’s type material is not known; presumably it is lost” (Stephenson, 1953, p. 209). “White (1883, p. 39, pl. 18, fig. 1) reproduced a photograph of a drawing of Ammonites swallovii; this drawing was made by A. R. Roessler under Shumard’s direction, and may be accepted as an illustration of one of the original types” (Stephenson, 1953, p. 208).

Type locality: “four and a half miles north of Sherman, and bluffs of Red River in Fannin and Lamar Counties” (Shumard, 1860 quoted in Stephensen, 1953, p. 209).

Type horizon: “the exact age of the species is unknown” (Kennedy and Cobban, 1990a, p. 138).

PaleoDB taxon number: 145851.

References: Stephensen (1953); Kennedy and Cobban (1990a).

Stratigraphic Occurrences

Turonian
Mancos Shale (Semilla Sandstone Member) (NM)
Cenomanian
Woodbine Formation (TX)
Woodbine Formation (Templeton Member) (TX)
Unknown Stage
Benton Shale (CO)
Eagle Ford Formation (TX)
<i>Metoicoceras swallovi</i> from the Turonian Mancos Shale (Semilla Sandstone Member) of Sandoval County, New Mexico (KUMIP 150805).
Metoicoceras swallovi from the Turonian Mancos Shale (Semilla Sandstone Member) of Sandoval County, New Mexico (KUMIP 150805).
Suture pattern of <i>Metoicoceras swallovi</i>. See original caption for additional details. Image modified from text-figs 24c, d 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 swallovi. See original caption for additional details. Image modified from text-figs 24c, d in Kennedy and Cobban (1990a in Palaeontology), made available through Biodiversity Heritage Library via a CC BY-NC-SA 4.0 license.
<i> Metoicoceras swallovi </i> from the Cenomanian Woodbine Fm. of Texas (Stephenson 1953).
Metoicoceras swallovi from the Cenomanian Woodbine Fm. of Texas (Stephenson 1953).
<i> Metoicoceras swallovi </i> from the Cenomanian Woodbine Fm. of Texas (Stephenson 1953).
Metoicoceras swallovi from the Cenomanian Woodbine Fm. of Texas (Stephenson 1953).
Stratigraphic position unknown
Stratigraphic position unknown