Cephalopoda - Ammonitida - Desmoceratidae
Alternative combinations: Ammonites latidorsatus, Desmoceras latedorsatum, Desmoceras latidorsatum, Puzosia (Latidorsella) latidorsata
Belongs to Desmoceras (Desmoceras) according to J. P. Gautam et al. 2019
See also Arkadiev et al. 2000, Benavides-Caceres 1956, Cooper and Kennedy 1979, Douvillé 1916, El Qot 2018, Förster 1975, Henderson 1990, Kennedy 1994, Kennedy 2013, Kennedy and Klinger 2013, Kennedy and Latil 2007, Kennedy and Morris 2018, Michelin 1838, Reyment 1955, Spath 1922, Szives 2007, Wright 1952 and Wright and Kennedy 1984
Sister taxa: none
Subtaxa: Desmoceras (Desmoceras) latidorsatum complanatum Desmoceras (Desmoceras) latidorsatum lemoinei Desmoceras (Desmoceras) latidorsatum perinflatum
Ecology: fast-moving nektonic carnivore
Average measurements (in mm): shell diameter 25.9
Distribution:
• Cretaceous of Angola (9 collections), Antarctica (2), Australia (1), Austria (1), Colombia (9), Egypt (3), France (39), Germany (1), Hungary (1), India (4), Japan (1), Madagascar (14), Mexico (1), Mozambique (1), Nigeria (1), Peru (1), South Africa (4), Tanzania (1), Turkmenistan (2), Ukraine (1), United States (3: California, Oregon), Venezuela (2)
Total: 102 collections including 105 occurrences
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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