Cephalopoda - Ammonitida - Nostoceratidae
Full reference: W. J. Kennedy, W. A. Cobban, and G. R. Scott. 2000. Heteromorph ammonites from the Upper Campanian (Upper Cretaceous) Baculites cuneatus and Baculites reesidei zones of the Pierre Shale in Colorado, USA. Acta Geologica Polonica 50:1-20
Belongs to Nostoceras according to W. J. Kennedy et al. 2000
Sister taxa: Nostoceras (Euskadiceras), Nostoceras (Nostoceras), Nostoceras alternatus, Nostoceras arkanasanum, Nostoceras colubriformis, Nostoceras danei, Nostoceras excelsus, Nostoceras hetonaiense, Nostoceras hyatti, Nostoceras kernense, Nostoceras mariatheresianum, Nostoceras mendryki, Nostoceras mexicanum, Nostoceras monotuberculatum, Nostoceras pauper, Nostoceras pleurocostatum, Nostoceras pulcher, Nostoceras rotundum, Nostoceras saundersorum, Nostoceras splendidum, Nostoceras sternbergi
Type specimen: USNM 476064, a shell. Its type locality is USGS Mesozoic D371, Round Butte, which is in a Campanian marine sandstone in the Pierre Shale Formation of Colorado.
Ecology: fast-moving nektonic carnivore
Distribution:
• Cretaceous of United States (8: Colorado collections)
Total: 8 collections each including a single occurrence
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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