Nostoceras

Nostoceras
Temporal range:
Scientific classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Cephalopoda
Subclass: †Ammonoidea
Order: †Ammonitida
Suborder: †Ancyloceratina
Family: †Nostoceratidae
Genus: †Nostoceras
Hyatt, 1894
Species
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)

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

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