Cephalopoda - Ammonitida - Desmoceratidae
Parent taxon: Desmoceras according to J. P. Gautam et al. 2019
See also Cooper and Kennedy 1979, El Qot 2018, Förster 1975, Henderson 1990, Kennedy 1994, Kennedy 2013, Kennedy and Klinger 2013, Kennedy and Latil 2007, Kennedy and Morris 2018, Szives 2007, Wright et al. 1996 and Wright and Kennedy 1984
Sister taxa: Desmoceras (Pseudouhligella), Desmoceras chimuense, Desmoceras difficile, Desmoceras hoffmanni, Desmoceras inane, Desmoceras kossmati, Desmoceras nabdalsa, Desmoceras planorbiforme, Desmoceras pseudinane, Desmoceras seguenzae, Desmoceras voyi
Subtaxa: Desmoceras (Desmoceras) latidorsatum
Ecology: fast-moving nektonic carnivore
Distribution:
• Cretaceous of Angola (9 collections), Antarctica (2), Australia (1), Austria (1), Colombia (8), Egypt (3), France (39), Germany (1), Hungary (1), India (6), Japan (3), Madagascar (14), Mexico (1), Mozambique (1), Nigeria (1), Peru (1), South Africa (4), Tanzania (1), Tunisia (1), Turkmenistan (2), Ukraine (1), United States (3: California, Oregon), Venezuela (1)
Total: 105 collections including 110 occurrences