Desmophyllites diphylloides Forbes 1846

Cephalopoda - Ammonitida - Desmoceratidae

Alternative combination: Ammonites diphylloides

Synonyms: Ammonites selwynianum Whiteaves 1879, Desmoceras crassum Van Hoepen 1921, Desmoceras phyllimorphum Kossmat 1898, Desmoceras salsense de Grossouvre 1901, Desmoceras simplex Van Hoepen 1921, Desmophyllites phyllimorphum Kossmat 1898, Desmophyllites selwynianus Whiteaves 1879, Desmophyllites siskiyouensis Anderson 1958, Desmophyllites yoloensis Anderson 1958, Puzosia phyllimorpha Kossmat 1898, Schlueteria woodsi Spath 1921

Full reference: E. Forbes. 1846. Report on the fossil invertebrata from southern India, collected by Mr. Kaye and Mr. Cunliffe. Transactions of the Geological Society of London, Series 2 7:97-174

Belongs to Desmophyllites according to Y. Shigeta and M. Izukura 2018

See also Anderson 1958, Arkadiev et al. 2000, Forbes 1846, Henderson and McNamara 1985, Howarth 1965, Ifrim et al. 2013, Jones 1963, Kennedy 1995, Kennedy 1995, Kennedy et al. 1992, Kennedy and Henderson 1992, Kennedy and Klinger 2013, Klinger 1985, Klinger et al. 2001, Matsumoto 1959, Matsumoto 1984 and Shigeta 2016

Sister taxon: Desmophyllites larteti

Type specimens:

  • Desmophyllites diphylloides: Its type locality is Pondicherry, which is in a Maastrichtian marine sandstone/claystone in the Valudavur Formation of India
  • Ammonites selwynianum:
  • Desmoceras crassum:
  • Desmoceras phyllimorphum:
  • Desmoceras salsense:
  • Desmoceras simplex:
  • Desmophyllites siskiyouensis: CAS 61798.02, a shell. Its type locality is CIT loc. 85, "Trabuco Creek", which is in a Santonian coastal sandstone in California.
  • Desmophyllites yoloensis: Its type locality is CAS Loc. 1467/1467A, Enos Canyon, which is in a Campanian marine siliciclastic in California.
  • Schlueteria woodsi:

Average measurements (in mm): shell diameter 31.9

Distribution:

• Cretaceous of Angola (1 collection), Australia (15), Cameroon (1), France (4), India (1), Japan (10), Mexico (1), Oman (1), South Africa (3), Ukraine (1), United States (19: Alaska, Arkansas, California, Washington)

Total: 57 collections including 59 occurrences

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