Cephalopoda - Ammonitida - Desmoceratidae
Alternative spelling: Desmoceras (Barremites)
Parent taxon: Barremitinae according to Z. Vasicek 2002
See also Murphy 1975, Sepkoski 2002 and Vialli 1949
Sister taxa: Barremitites, Kostovites, Mogharaeceras, Montanesiceras, Patruliusiceras, Plesiospitidiscus, Subsaynella, Torcapella
Subtaxa: Barremites balkanicus Barremites hemiptychus Barremites primitivus Barremites psilotatus Barremites rebouli Barremites vocontius
Ecology: fast-moving nektonic carnivore
Distribution:
• Cretaceous of France (5 collections), Hungary (1), Italy (7), Japan (2), Morocco (29), Serbia (8), Slovakia (3), Spain (111), Trinidad and Tobago (1), Tunisia (2), Türkiye (1), United States (2: California)
• Jurassic to Cretaceous of Spain (1)
Total: 173 collections including 188 occurrences
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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