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Nostoceras (Nostoceras) archiacianum

Cephalopoda - Ammonitida - Nostoceratidae

Taxonomy
Turrilites archiacianus was named by d'Orbigny (1842). Its type specimen is MNHN R1192 and is a 3D body fossil. Its type locality is Royan (Charente-Maritime), bed with Radiolites crateriformis, which is in a Campanian carbonate carbonate in France.

It was recombined as Nostoceras (Nostoceras) archiacianum by Kennedy (1986).

Sister species lacking formal opinion data

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1842Turrilites archiacianus d'Orbigny p. 607 figs. Pl 148, figs 5,6
1986Nostoceras (Nostoceras) archiacianum Kennedy p. 90 figs. 31B-E,H,I

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
Bilateria
EubilateriaAx 1987
Protostomia
Spiralia
superphylumLophotrochozoa
phylumMollusca
classCephalopodaCuvier 1797
RankNameAuthor
subclassAmmonoidea()
orderAmmonitida
suborderAncyloceratinaWiedmann 1966
superfamilyTurrilitoidea(Gill 1871)
familyNostoceratidaeHyatt 1894
genusNostoceras
subgenusNostocerasHyatt 1894
speciesarchiacianum(d'Orbigny 1842)

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.

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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 83.50000 to 70.60000 Ma

Collections (2 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Late/Upper Campanian83.5 - 70.6France Turrilites archiacianus (type locality: 165897)
Late/Upper Campanian83.5 - 70.6USA (Arkansas) Nostoceras archiacianum (83055)