Nostoceras

Nostoceras
Temporal range: Campanian–Maastrichtian[1]
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Cephalopoda
Subclass: †Ammonoidea
Order: †Ammonitida
Suborder: †Ancyloceratina
Family: †Nostoceratidae
Genus: †Nostoceras
Hyatt, 1894
Species[3]
List
  • N. adrotans
  • N. alternatus
  • N. approximans
  • N. arkanasanum
  • N. colubriformis
  • N. danei
  • N. draconis
  • N. helicinus
  • N. hyatti
  • N. kernense
  • N. mariatheresianum
  • N. mendryki
  • N. monotuberculatum
  • N. obtusum
  • N. pauper
  • N. pleurocostatum
  • N. pulcher
  • N. rotundum
  • N. saundersorum
  • N. splendidus
  • N. stantoni (type species)[2]

Nostoceras is an extinct genus of ammonites. The etymology of the name Nostoceras comes from "nostos" meaning return and "ceros" meaning horn,[citation needed] named as such by Alpheus Hyatt because it bends back on itself.

  1. ^ Sepkoski, Jack (2002). "Sepkoski's Online Genus Database". Archived from the original on 2023-10-24. Retrieved 2023-12-14.
  2. ^ H. Summesberger, M. Machalski, M. Wagreich (2007). "First record of the Late Campanian heteromorph ammonite Nostoceras hyatti from the Alpine Cretaceous (Grünbach, Gosau Group, Lower Austria)". Acta Geologica Polonica. 57 (4): 443–451.{{cite journal}}: CS1 maint: multiple names: authors list (link)
  3. ^ "Fossilworks - Nostoceras". Retrieved 14 December 2023.