Cephalopoda - Ammonitida - Nostoceratidae
Parent taxon: Nostoceras according to W. J. Kennedy 2000
See also Henderson et al. 1992, Kennedy 1993, Kennedy 1995, Kennedy and Cobban 1993, Kennedy and Cobban 1994, Kennedy and Cobban 1997, Kennedy and Summesberger 1987 and Ward and Kennedy 1993
Sister taxa: Nostoceras (Euskadiceras), Nostoceras alternatus, Nostoceras arkanasanum, Nostoceras colubriformis, Nostoceras danei, Nostoceras excelsus, Nostoceras hetonaiense, Nostoceras hyatti, Nostoceras kernense, Nostoceras larimerense, Nostoceras mariatheresianum, Nostoceras mendryki, Nostoceras mexicanum, Nostoceras monotuberculatum, Nostoceras pauper, Nostoceras pleurocostatum, Nostoceras pulcher, Nostoceras rotundum, Nostoceras saundersorum, Nostoceras splendidum, Nostoceras sternbergi
Subtaxa: Nostoceras (Nostoceras) approximans Nostoceras (Nostoceras) archiacianum Nostoceras (Nostoceras) budanyi Nostoceras (Nostoceras) ellipticum Nostoceras (Nostoceras) fisheri Nostoceras (Nostoceras) helicinum Nostoceras (Nostoceras) major Nostoceras (Nostoceras) schloenbachi
Ecology: fast-moving nektonic carnivore
Distribution:
• Cretaceous of Angola (2 collections), Australia (5), Belgium (1), Colombia (1), France (27), Iraq (5), Oman (4), South Africa (1), Tajikistan (2), Turkmenistan (1), Ukraine (1), United States (30: Arkansas, Colorado, Delaware, New Jersey, Texas)
Total: 80 collections including 94 occurrences