Cephalopoda - Ammonitida - Nostoceratidae
Alternative combinations: Heteroceras hornbyense, Nostoceras hornbyense
Belongs to Didymoceras according to P. M. P. Zaborski 1985
See also Anderson 1958, Howarth 1965, Jones 1963, Matsumoto 1960 and Reyment 1955
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 nebrascense, Didymoceras newtoni, Didymoceras nicolletii, Didymoceras platycostatum, Didymoceras stevensoni, Didymoceras subtuberculatum, 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
Ecology: fast-moving nektonic carnivore
Distribution:
• Cretaceous of Angola (1 collection), Nigeria (2), United States (8: Alaska, California)
Total: 11 collections each including a single occurrence
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