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Nostoceras larimerense

Cephalopoda - Ammonitida - Nostoceratidae

Taxonomy
Nostoceras larimerense was named by Kennedy et al. (2000). Its type specimen is USNM 476064, a shell, and it is a 3D body fossil. Its type locality is USGS Mesozoic D371, Round Butte, which is in a Campanian marine sandstone in the Pierre Shale Formation of Colorado.

Sister species lacking formal opinion data

Synonymy list
YearName and author
2000Nostoceras larimerense Kennedy et al. p. 7 figs. Pl 2, figs 31-56,61-67; text-fig 7

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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
specieslarimerense

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 larimerense Kennedy et al. 2000
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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: Late/Upper Campanian or 83.50000 to 70.60000 Ma

Collections (8 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Late/Upper Campanian83.5 - 70.6USA (Colorado) Nostoceras larimerense (type locality: 178348 178528 178529 178530 178531 178532 178533 178534)