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 difficilis Barremites primitivus Barremites psilotatus Barremites rebouli Barremites vocontius
Type: Ammonites difficilis
Ecology: fast-moving nektonic carnivore
Distribution:
• Cretaceous of Angola (2 collections), Austria (5), Bulgaria (1), the Czech Republic (1), France (8), Georgia (1), Hungary (1), Iran (5), Italy (8), Japan (2), Morocco (23), Romania (2), Serbia and Montenegro (8), Slovakia (4), Spain (111), Trinidad and Tobago (1), Tunisia (2), United States (2: California)
• Jurassic to Cretaceous of Spain (1)
Total: 188 collections including 197 occurrences
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