Cephalopoda - Ammonitida - Nostoceratidae
Alternative combinations: Nostoceras (Nostoceras) draconis, Nostoceras draconis
Belongs to Didymoceras according to W. J. Kennedy et al. 2000
See also Atabekyan and Khakimov 1976, Kennedy and Cobban 1993, Kennedy and Cobban 1994 and Kennedy et al. 2000
Sister taxa: Didymoceras angulatum, Didymoceras aurarium, Didymoceras awajiense, Didymoceras binodosum, Didymoceras californicum, Didymoceras cheyenense, Didymoceras cheyennense, Didymoceras cochleatus, Didymoceras donezianum, Didymoceras hidakense, Didymoceras hornbyense, Didymoceras nebrascense, Didymoceras newtoni, Didymoceras nicolletii, Didymoceras platycostatum, Didymoceras stevensoni, Didymoceras subtuberculatum, Didymoceras tenuicostatus, Didymoceras tortus, Didymoceras tricostatus, Didymoceras umbilicatus, Didymoceras uncus, Didymoceras vancouverensis, Didymoceras vespertinus, Didymoceras whiteavesi, Nostoceras (Didymoceras) attenuatum, Nostoceras (Didymoceras) densecostatum, Nostoceras (Didymoceras) obtusum, Nostoceras (Didymoceras) postremum, Nostoceras (Didymoceras) varium, Emperoceras cooperii
Ecology: fast-moving nektonic carnivore
Distribution:
• Cretaceous of Tajikistan (1 collection), United States (7: Arkansas, Colorado, Delaware, New Jersey)
Total: 8 collections each including a single occurrence
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