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Nostoceras (Nostoceras) helicinum

Cephalopoda - Ammonitida - Nostoceratidae

Taxonomy
Turrilites helicinus was named by Shumard (1861) [DISTRIBUTION: Campanian; Western Interior.]. It is a 3D body fossil.

It was recombined as Nostoceras helicinum by Howarth (1965); it was recombined as Nostoceras helicinus by Kennedy et al. (2000); it was recombined as Nostoceras (Nostoceras) helicinum by Kennedy and Cobban (1993) and Küchler and Odin (2001).

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

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1861Turrilites helicinus Shumard p. 191
1965Nostoceras helicinum Howarth p. 383
1993Nostoceras (Nostoceras) helicinum Kennedy and Cobban p. 414
2000Nostoceras helicinus Kennedy et al. p. 49
2001Nostoceras (Nostoceras) helicinum Küchler and Odin p. 514 figs. Pl 4, figs 1,2,6,8,12; pl 5, figs 18-20

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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
specieshelicinum(Shumard 1861)

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: base of the Turonian to the top of the Late/Upper Campanian or 93.90000 to 70.60000 Ma

Collections (34 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Turonian - Santonian93.9 - 83.6Angola Nostoceras helicinum (83945)
Late/Upper Campanian83.5 - 70.6Angola Nostoceras helicinum (88882)
Late/Upper Campanian83.5 - 70.6USA (Texas) Nostoceras helicinum (7472 7481 7482 7500 7501 7503 7552)
Late/Upper Campanian83.5 - 70.6USA (Arkansas) Nostoceras helicinum (83036 83038 83040 83041 83043 83044 83045 83046 83050 83051)
Late/Upper Campanian83.5 - 70.6France (Landes) Nostoceras helicinum (213782 213873 213888 213891 213901 213903 213910 213922 214020 214025 214032 214033)
Maastrichtian72.1 - 66.0USA (New Jersey) Nostoceras helicinum (83064)
Maastrichtian72.1 - 66.0USA (Texas) Nostoceras helicinum (7480 7550)