Cephalopoda - Ammonitida - Nostoceratidae
Alternative combinations: Nostoceras (Bostrychoceras) polyplocum, Turrilites polyplocus
Synonym: Bostrychoceras secoense Young 1963
Belongs to Bostrychoceras according to C. Ifrim et al. 2015
See also Arkadiev et al. 2000, Atabekyan and Khakimov 1976, Hyatt 1900, Kennedy 1986, Kennedy and Summesberger 1999 and Küchler and Odin 2001
Sister taxa: Bostrychoceras brewerii, Bostrychoceras californicum, Bostrychoceras columbianum, Bostrychoceras declive, Bostrychoceras elongatum, Bostrychoceras indicum, Bostrychoceras occidentale, Bostrychoceras otsukai, Bostrychoceras puertoense, Bostrychoceras sanctaeanae, Bostrychoceras serpiens, Bostrychoceras trabucoense, Bostrychoceras vermiculare
Ecology: fast-moving nektonic carnivore
Distribution:
• Cretaceous of Austria (1 collection), France (10), Germany (2), Mexico (1), Spain (3), Turkey (2), Turkmenistan (10), United States (2: Texas)
Total: 31 collections each including a single occurrence
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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