Cephalopoda - Ammonitida - Nostoceratidae
Alternative combination: Nostoceras obtusum
Full reference: M. K. Howarth. 1965. Cretaceous ammonites and nautiloids from Angola. Bulletin of the British Museum (Natural History) Geology 10(10):337-412
Belongs to Nostoceras (Didymoceras) according to T. Küchler and G. S. Odin 2001
See also Howarth 1965 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 draconis, 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) postremum, Nostoceras (Didymoceras) varium, Emperoceras cooperii
Type specimen: BMNH C52744, a shell.
Ecology: fast-moving nektonic carnivore
Distribution:
• Cretaceous of France (5 collections), United States (1: Colorado)
Total: 6 collections each including a single occurrence
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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