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Nostoceras mariatheresianum

Cephalopoda - Ammonitida - Nostoceratidae

Taxonomy
Nostoceras mariatheresianum was named by Haas (1943) [DISTRIBUTION: Senonian; Angola.]. It is not extant. Its type specimen is AMNH 25463, a shell. Its type locality is S-3, Maria Theresa [Teba Fm], which is in a Turonian/Santonian marine horizon in the Teba Formation of Angola.

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

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1943Nostoceras mariatheresianum Haas p. 6 figs. figs. 1b, 9

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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
speciesmariatheresianum

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 2003, Kiessling 2004

Age range: base of the Turonian to the top of the Santonian or 93.90000 to 83.60000 Ma

Collections: one only


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Turonian - Santonian93.9 - 83.6Angola Nostoceras mariatheresianum (type locality: 83944)