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Nostoceras (Nostoceras) fisheri

Cephalopoda - Ammonitida - Nostoceratidae

Taxonomy
Nostoceras fisheri was named by Brunnschweiler (1966) [DISTRIBUTION: Maastrichtia; Australia.]. Its type specimen is CPC 2629, a shell, and it is a 3D body fossil. Its type locality is Giralia Anticline (Brunnschweiler collection, Korojon Calcarenite), which is in a Maastrichtian carbonate limestone in the Korojon Formation of Australia.

It was recombined as Nostoceras (Nostoceras) fisheri by Henderson et al. (1992).

Sister species lacking formal opinion data

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1966Nostoceras fisheri Brunnschweiler p. 41 figs. Pl 6, figs 11,12; text-fig 27
1992Nostoceras (Nostoceras) fisheri Henderson et al. p. 136 figs. 2D-H, 4, 4A-C

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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
speciesfisheri()

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 (Nostoceras) fisheri Brunnschweiler 1966
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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: Early/Lower Maastrichtian or 70.60000 to 66.00000 Ma

Collections (5 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Maastrichtian72.1 - 66.0Australia (Western Australia) Nostoceras fisheri (83841 83848 83849 83859)
Early/Lower Maastrichtian70.6 - 66.0Australia (Western Australia) Nostoceras fisheri (190314)