Cephalopoda - Ammonitida - Desmoceratidae
Alternative combinations: Ammonites latidorsatus, Desmoceras latedorsatum, Desmoceras latidorsatum, Puzosia (Latidorsella) latidorsata
Synonym: Ammonites selliguinus Brongniart 1822
Belongs to Desmoceras (Desmoceras) according to A. Oudni et al. 2025
See also Arkadiev et al. 2000, Benavides-Caceres 1956, Breistroffer 1947, Brongniart 1822, Cooper and Kennedy 1979, Douvillé 1916, El Qot 2018, Förster 1975, Gautam et al. 2019, Henderson 1990, Kennedy 1994, Kennedy 2013, Kennedy 2020, 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 taxon: Desmoceras (Desmoceras) chirichense
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 Algeria (2 collections), Angola (9), Antarctica (2), Australia (1), Austria (1), Colombia (8), 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 (1)
Total: 102 collections including 105 occurrences
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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