Cephalopoda - Ammonitida - Neocomitidae
Alternative combination: Desmoceras californicum
Full reference: T. W. Stanton. 1895. Contributions to the Cretaceous paleontology of the Pacific coast. : The fauna of the Knoxville. Bulletin of the United States Geological Survey 133:1-132
Belongs to Thurmanniceras according to R. W. Imlay 1960
Sister taxa: Thurmanniceras jenkinsi, Thurmanniceras pertransiens, Thurmanniceras santarosanum, Thurmanniceras stippi, Thurmanniceras thurmanni, Thurmanniceras wilcoxi, Thurmannites novihispanicus, Thurmannites miquihuanensis, Thurmannites angusticostatus, Thurmannia paskentae
Type specimen: USNM 23087, a shell
Ecology: fast-moving nektonic carnivore
Distribution: found only at USGS 1001, One-half mile east of Henderson's house (Cretaceous of California)
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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