Cephalopoda - Ammonitida - Nostoceratidae
Alternative combination: Nostoceras platycostatum
Belongs to Didymoceras according to W. J. Kennedy et al. 2000
See also Kennedy and Cobban 1997
Sister taxa: Didymoceras angulatum, Didymoceras aurarium, Didymoceras awajiense, Didymoceras binodosum, Didymoceras californicum, Didymoceras cheyenense, Didymoceras cheyennense, Didymoceras cochleatus, Didymoceras donezianum, Didymoceras draconis, Didymoceras hidakense, Didymoceras hornbyense, Didymoceras nebrascense, Didymoceras newtoni, Didymoceras nicolletii, Didymoceras stevensoni, Didymoceras subtuberculatum, Didymoceras tenuicostatus, Didymoceras tortus, Didymoceras tricostatus, Didymoceras umbilicatus, Didymoceras uncus, Didymoceras vancouverensis, Didymoceras vespertinus, Didymoceras whiteavesi, Nostoceras (Didymoceras) attenuatum, Nostoceras (Didymoceras) densecostatum, Nostoceras (Didymoceras) obtusum, Nostoceras (Didymoceras) postremum, Nostoceras (Didymoceras) varium, Emperoceras cooperii
Type specimen: USNM 411329, a shell
Ecology: fast-moving nektonic carnivore
Distribution:
• Cretaceous of United States (3: Arkansas, Delaware collections)
Total: 3 collections each including a single occurrence
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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