Cephalopoda - Ammonitida - Desmoceratidae
Full reference: V.E. Benavides-Caceres. 1956. Cretaceous system in northern Peru. Bulletin of the American Museum of Natural History 108(4):1-493
Belongs to Desmoceras according to O. Renz 1982
Sister taxa: Desmoceras (Desmoceras), Desmoceras (Pseudouhligella), Desmoceras hoffmanni, Desmoceras inane, Desmoceras kossmati, Desmoceras planorbiforme, Desmoceras pseudinane, Desmoceras voyi
Type specimen: AMNH 27388:1, a shell. Its type locality is Bed 6, Tamberia section, which is in an Albian carbonate limestone in the Inca Formation of Peru.
Ecology: fast-moving nektonic carnivore
Average measurements (in mm): shell diameter 103.2
Distribution:
• Cretaceous of Peru (2 collections), Venezuela (1)
Total: 3 collections each including a single occurrence
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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