Cephalopoda - Ammonitida - Desmoceratidae
Alternative combination: Ammonites rembda
Synonyms: Ammonites durga Forbes 1846, Hauericeras churchi Anderson 1958
Full reference: E. Forbes. 1846. Report on the fossil invertebrata from southern India, collected by Mr. Kaye and Mr. Cunliffe. Transactions of the Geological Society of London, Series 2 7:97-174
Belongs to Hauericeras according to P. D. Ward and W. J. Kennedy 1993
See also Anderson 1958, Forbes 1846, Kennedy and Henderson 1992 and Matsumoto 1960
Sister taxa: Hauericeras (Gardeniceras), Hauericeras (Hauericeras), Hauericeras fayoli, Hauericeras sulcatum, Hauericeras transitionale
Type specimens:
- Hauericeras rembda: BMNH C51024, a shell
- Ammonites durga: Its type locality is Pondicherry, which is in a Maastrichtian marine sandstone/claystone in the Valudavur Formation of India.
- Hauericeras churchi: CAS 2361.05, a shell. Its type locality is CAS Loc. 2361 - Joaquin Ridge [Ragged Valley Shale], which is in a Maastrichtian marine shale in the Ragged Valley Shale Formation of California.
Ecology: fast-moving nektonic carnivore
Average measurements (in mm): shell diameter 22.2
Distribution:
• Cretaceous of India (1 collection), United States (1: California)
Total: 2 collections including 3 occurrences
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