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Nostoceras (Nostoceras) ellipticum

Cephalopoda - Ammonitida - Nostoceratidae

Taxonomy
Nostoceras (Nostoceras) ellipticum was named by Kennedy (2000). Its type specimen is BMNH C7492-3, a shell, and it is a mold. Its type locality is Mamissa, Djebel Sinjar, level 365, which is in a Campanian deep subtidal limestone in the Shinarish Formation of Iraq.

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

Synonymy list
YearName and author
2000Nostoceras (Nostoceras) ellipticum Kennedy p. 465 fig. 5.3,5.4,7.4

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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
speciesellipticum

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: one only


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Late/Upper Campanian83.5 - 70.6Iraq Nostoceras ellipticum (type locality: 65992)