Cephalopoda - Ammonitida - Nostoceratidae
Alternative spelling: Nostoceras (Bostrychoceras)
Synonym: Bostrychoceras Hyatt 1900 [objective synonym]
Full reference: A. Hyatt. 1900. Cephalopoda. Textbook of Palaeontology 1:502-604
Parent taxon: Nostoceratidae according to C. Ifrim et al. 2015
See also Arkadiev et al. 2000, Atabekyan and Khakimov 1976, Benavides-Caceres 1956, Brunnschweiler 1966, Kennedy 1986, Kennedy et al. 2000, Kennedy and Summesberger 1999, Klinger 1985, Küchler and Odin 2001, Matsumoto 1959, Novack-Gottshall 2022, Reyment 1955, Sepkoski 2002 and Wright 1952
Sister taxa: Amapondella, Anaklinoceras, Ankinatsytes, Axonoceras, Bostrychoceratinae, Cirroceras, Didymoceras, Emperoceratinae, Eubostrychoceras, Exicrioceras, Exiteloceras, Helicoceras, Hyphantoceras, Hyphantoceratinae, Jouaniceras, Morewites, Neoturrilites, Nipponites, Nostoceras, Notoceras, Pravitoceras, Tridenticeras, Turrilitoides
Subtaxa: Bostrychoceras brewerii Bostrychoceras californicum Bostrychoceras columbianum Bostrychoceras declive Bostrychoceras elongatum Bostrychoceras indicum Bostrychoceras occidentale Bostrychoceras otsukai Bostrychoceras polyplocum Bostrychoceras puertoense Bostrychoceras sanctaeanae Bostrychoceras serpiens Bostrychoceras trabucoense Bostrychoceras vermiculare
Type: Turrilites polyplocus
Ecology: fast-moving nektonic carnivore
Distribution:
• Cretaceous of Austria (1 collection), Brazil (1), France (10), Germany (2), Mexico (1), Nigeria (1), Peru (1), South Africa (1), Spain (3), Turkey (2), Turkmenistan (10), United States (11: California, Texas)
Total: 44 collections including 47 occurrences
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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