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Nostoceras (Eubostrychoceras) saxonicum

Cephalopoda - Ammonitida - Nostoceratidae

Taxonomy
Turrilites saxonicus was named by Schluter (1875).

It was recombined as Didymoceras saxonicum by Wright (1979); it was recombined as Eubostrychoceras saxonicum by Kennedy (1995); it was recombined as Nostoceras (Eubostrychoceras) saxonicum by Kennedy and Christensen (1991), Wilmsen and Nagm (2014).

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

Synonyms
Synonymy list
YearName and author
1875Turrilites saxonicus Schluter
1922Heteroceras woodsi Kitchin
1979Didymoceras saxonicum Wright p. 296 figs. Pl 2, figs 8-12; pl 7, fig 5
1991Nostoceras (Eubostrychoceras) saxonicum Kennedy and Christensen p. 216 figs. Pl 1, fig 1
1995Eubostrychoceras saxonicum Kennedy p. 428
2014Nostoceras (Eubostrychoceras) saxonicum Wilmsen and Nagm p. 231 figs. 15b-d

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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
genusNostocerasMatsumoto 1967
subgenusEubostrychoceras
speciessaxonicum(Schluter 1875)

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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Invalid names: Heteroceras woodsi Kitchin 1922 [synonym]
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: base of the Turonian to the top of the Early/Lower Coniacian or 93.90000 to 85.70000 Ma

Collections (16 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Late/Upper Turonian93.9 - 89.8United Kingdom (England) Didymoceras saxonicum (112693 159132 159656 175764 175765 175771) Hyphantoceras woodsi (175792)
Late/Upper Turonian93.9 - 89.8Germany Didymoceras saxonicum (12684 12685 12686) Nostoceras saxonicum (type locality: 74196 154797)
Turonian93.9 - 89.8United Kingdom (England) Didymoceras saxonicum (38601)
Early/Lower Coniacian89.8 - 85.7Japan Eubostrychoceras saxonicum (181021)
Early/Lower Coniacian89.8 - 85.7France Eubostrychoceras saxonicum (179215)
Late/Upper Coniacian - Early/Lower Santonian89.8 - 83.6Denmark Nostoceras saxonicum (70062)