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Nostoceras pulcher

Cephalopoda - Ammonitida - Nostoceratidae

Taxonomy
Nostoceras pulcher was named by Kennedy and Cobban (1993). It is a 3D body fossil.

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

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1993Nostoceras pulcher Kennedy and Cobban p. 85 figs. 6.1-6.13
2000Nostoceras pulcher Kennedy et al. p. 49

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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
speciespulcherKennedy and Cobban 1993

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 pulcher Kennedy and Cobban 1993
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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: 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 - 70.6USA (Arkansas) Nostoceras pulcher (83092)