Cephalopoda - Ammonitida - Desmoceratidae
Alternative combination: Ammonites diphylloides
Synonyms: Ammonites selwynianus Whiteaves 1879, Desmoceras crassum Van Hoepen 1921, Desmoceras phyllimorphum Kossmat 1898, Desmoceras salsense de Grossouvre 1901, Desmoceras selwynianum Whiteaves 1879, 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, Shigeta 2016 and Whiteaves 1903
Sister taxon: Desmophyllites larteti
Ecology: fast-moving nektonic carnivore
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 (20: Alaska, Arkansas, California, Washington)
Total: 58 collections including 60 occurrences
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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