Cephalopoda - Ammonitida - Douvilleiceratidae
Alternative combination: Ammonites spiniferus
Synonyms: Douvilleiceras charshangense Mirzoyev 1967, Douvilleiceras restitutum Anderson 1938
Belongs to Douvilleiceras according to M. Futakami and J. W. Haggart 2016
See also Anderson 1938, Cooper 1982 and McLearn 1972
Sister taxa: Douvilleiceras inaequinodum, Douvilleiceras mamillare, Douvilleiceras mammillatum, Douvilleiceras meyendorffi, Douvilleiceras monile, Douvilleiceras muralense, Douvilleiceras offarcinatum, Douvilleiceras scabrosum, Douvilleiceras variabile
Type specimens:
- Douvilleiceras spiniferum: GSC 5014b, a shell
- Douvilleiceras charshangense:
- Douvilleiceras restitutum: Its type locality is CAS loc. 1344, Old Horsetown, Clear Creek, which is in a Berriasian/Turonian marine horizon in the Budden Canyon Formation of California.
Ecology: fast-moving nektonic carnivore
Average measurements (in mm): shell diameter 35.1
Distribution:
• Cretaceous of Canada (14: British Columbia collections), United States (3: California)
Total: 17 collections including 18 occurrences
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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