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Nostoceras kernense

Cephalopoda - Ammonitida - Nostoceratidae

Taxonomy
Didymoceras kernense was named by Anderson (1958). It is a 3D body fossil.

It was recombined as Nostoceras kernense by Howarth (1965).

Sister species lacking formal opinion data
N. angolense, N. turrilites

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1958Didymoceras kernense Anderson p. 196 figs. pl. 65, figs. 1, 2
1965Nostoceras kernense Howarth p. 381

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
—Bilateria
—EubilateriaAx 1987
—Protostomia
—Spiralia
superphylumLophotrochozoa
phylumMollusca
classCephalopodaCuvier 1797
RankNameAuthor
subclassAmmonoidea()
orderAmmonitidaHaeckel 1866
suborderAncyloceratinaWiedmann 1966
superfamilyTurrilitoidea(Gill 1871)
familyNostoceratidaeHyatt 1894
genusNostoceras
specieskernense()

If no rank is listed, the taxon is considered an unranked clade in modern classifications. Ranks may be repeated or presented in the wrong order because authors working on different parts of the classification may disagree about how to rank taxa.

†Nostoceras kernense Anderson 1958
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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
Composition: aragoniteo
Environment: marinec
Locomotion: fast-movingo
Life habit: nektonico
Diet: carnivoreo
Vision: well-developedc
Created: 2005-01-28 02:27:03
Modified: 2009-10-08 14:14:55
Source: o = order, c = class
References: Kiessling 2004, Kiessling 2003

Age range: Late/Upper Campanian or 83.60000 to 72.20000 Ma

Collections: one only


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Late/Upper Campanian83.6 - 72.2Angola Nostoceras kernense (88882)