Cephalopoda - Ammonitida - Nostoceratidae
Full reference: O. Haas. 1943. Some abnormally coiled ammonites from the Upper Cretaceous of Angola. American Museum Novitates 1222:1-17
Belongs to Nostoceras according to O. Haas 1943
Sister taxa: Nostoceras (Euskadiceras), Nostoceras (Nostoceras), Nostoceras alternatus, Nostoceras arkanasanum, Nostoceras colubriformis, Nostoceras danei, Nostoceras excelsus, Nostoceras hetonaiense, Nostoceras hyatti, Nostoceras kernense, Nostoceras larimerense, Nostoceras mendryki, Nostoceras mexicanum, Nostoceras monotuberculatum, Nostoceras pauper, Nostoceras pleurocostatum, Nostoceras pulcher, Nostoceras rotundum, Nostoceras saundersorum, Nostoceras splendidum, Nostoceras sternbergi
Type specimen: AMNH 25463, a shell. Its type locality is S-3, Maria Theresa [Teba Fm], which is in a Turonian/Santonian marine horizon in the Teba Formation of Angola.
Ecology: fast-moving nektonic carnivore
Distribution: found only at S-3, Maria Theresa [Teba Fm]
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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