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 Anaklinoceras according to W. J. Kennedy et al. 2000
Sister taxa: Anaklinoceras reflexum, Anaklinoceras tenuicostatum
Type specimen: USNM 476096, a shell. Its type locality is USGS Mesozoic D2824, north of Buckeye, 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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