Cephalopoda - Ammonitida - Nostoceratidae
Full reference: W. J. Kennedy. 2000. Taxonomic names, in Upper Campanian (Cretaceous) ammonites from the Shinarish Formation, Djebel Sinjar, northwest Iraq. Journal of Paleontology 74(3):464-473
Belongs to Nostoceras (Nostoceras) according to W. J. Kennedy 2000
Sister taxa: Nostoceras (Nostoceras) approximans, Nostoceras (Nostoceras) archiacianum, Nostoceras (Nostoceras) budanyi, Nostoceras (Nostoceras) fisheri, Nostoceras (Nostoceras) helicinum, Nostoceras (Nostoceras) major, Nostoceras (Nostoceras) schloenbachi
Type specimen: BMNH C7492-3, a shell. Its type locality is Mamissa, Djebel Sinjar, level 365, which is in a Campanian deep subtidal limestone in the Shinarish Formation of Iraq.
Ecology: fast-moving nektonic carnivore
Distribution: found only at Mamissa, Djebel Sinjar, level 365
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