Douvilleiceras mammillatum Schlotheim 1813 (ammonite)

Cephalopoda - Ammonitida - Douvilleiceratidae

Alternative combinations: Acanthoceras mamillare, Ammonites mammillatus, Douvilleiceras mamillatum, Douvilliceras mamillare

Synonyms: Ammonites clementinus d'Orbigny 1841, Ammonites monile Sowerby 1816, Ammonites monile aequinodus Quensted 1846, Douvilleiceras albense Spath 1923, Douvilleiceras cheloniceratiforme Tavani 1949, Douvilleiceras inaequicostatum Chiriac 1981, Douvilleiceras mamillatum aequinodum Quensted 1846, Douvilleiceras mamillatum praecox Casey 1962, Douvilleiceras monile Sowerby 1816, Douvilleiceras perchoisense Destombes 1979, Douvilleiceras spinosum Tavani 1942, Douvilleiceras subleightonense Mirzoyev 1967, Douvilleiceras variabile Tavani 1949

Belongs to Douvilleiceras according to M. Futakami and J. W. Haggart 2016

See also Anderson 1902, Anderson 1938, Benavides-Caceres 1956, Choffat 1888, Cooper 1982, Howarth 1965, Kennedy and Klinger 2015, Szives 2007 and Young 1974

Sister taxa: Douvilleiceras grandense, Douvilleiceras inaequinodum, Douvilleiceras mamillare, Douvilleiceras martinii, Douvilleiceras meyendorffi, Douvilleiceras muralense, Douvilleiceras offarcinatum, Douvilleiceras rex, Douvilleiceras scabrosum, Douvilleiceras spathi, Douvilleiceras spiniferum

Ecology: fast-moving nektonic carnivore

Average measurements (in mm): shell diameter 56.6

Distribution:

• Cretaceous of Angola (2 collections), Austria (1), Brazil (2), Canada (2: British Columbia), the Dominican Republic (1), France (1), Madagascar (14), Pakistan (1), Peru (5), South Africa (9), the United Kingdom (15), United States (15: Alaska, California, Texas)

Total: 68 collections including 77 occurrences

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