Hauericeras rembda Forbes 1846 (ammonite)

Cephalopoda - Ammonitida - Desmoceratidae

Alternative combination: Ammonites rembda

Synonyms: Ammonites durga Forbes 1846, Hauericeras churchi Anderson 1958

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 Hauericeras according to P. D. Ward and W. J. Kennedy 1993

See also Anderson 1958, Forbes 1846, Kennedy and Henderson 1992 and Matsumoto 1960

Sister taxa: Hauericeras (Gardeniceras), Hauericeras (Hauericeras), Hauericeras fayoli, Hauericeras sulcatum, Hauericeras transitionale

Type specimens:

  • Hauericeras rembda: BMNH C51024, a shell
  • Ammonites durga: Its type locality is Pondicherry, which is in a Maastrichtian marine sandstone/claystone in the Valudavur Formation of India.
  • Hauericeras churchi: CAS 2361.05, a shell. Its type locality is CAS Loc. 2361 - Joaquin Ridge [Ragged Valley Shale], which is in a Maastrichtian marine shale in the Ragged Valley Shale Formation of California.

Ecology: fast-moving nektonic carnivore

Average measurements (in mm): shell diameter 22.2

Distribution:

• Cretaceous of India (1 collection), United States (1: California)

Total: 2 collections including 3 occurrences

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