Cephalopoda - Ammonitida - Nostoceratidae
Full reference: M. K. Howarth. 1965. Cretaceous ammonites and nautiloids from Angola. Bulletin of the British Museum (Natural History) Geology 10(10):337-412
Belongs to Didymoceras according to M. K. Howarth 1965
Sister taxa: Didymoceras angulatum, Didymoceras aurarium, Didymoceras awajiense, Didymoceras binodosum, Didymoceras californicum, Didymoceras cheyenense, Didymoceras cheyennense, Didymoceras cochleatus, Didymoceras donezianum, Didymoceras draconis, Didymoceras hidakense, Didymoceras hornbyense, Didymoceras nebrascense, Didymoceras newtoni, Didymoceras nicolletii, Didymoceras platycostatum, Didymoceras stevensoni, Didymoceras tenuicostatus, Didymoceras tortus, Didymoceras tricostatus, Didymoceras umbilicatus, Didymoceras uncus, Didymoceras vancouverensis, Didymoceras vespertinus, Didymoceras whiteavesi, Nostoceras (Didymoceras) attenuatum, Nostoceras (Didymoceras) densecostatum, Nostoceras (Didymoceras) obtusum, Nostoceras (Didymoceras) postremum, Nostoceras (Didymoceras) varium, Emperoceras cooperii
Type specimen: BMNH C. 52701, a shell. Its type locality is Egito, Benguela basin, which is in a Campanian marine horizon in Angola.
Ecology: fast-moving nektonic carnivore
Distribution: found only at Egito, Benguela basin
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