Desmoceras difficile d'Orbigny 1840 (ammonite)

Cephalopoda - Ammonitida - Desmoceratidae

Alternative combinations: Ammonites difficilis, Barremites difficilis, Puzosia difficilis

Belongs to Desmoceras according to M. Benzaggagh 2025

See also Choffat 1888, Douvillé 1916, Raisossadat 2024 and Vasicek 2002

Sister taxa: Desmoceras (Desmoceras), Desmoceras (Pseudouhligella), Desmoceras chimuense, Desmoceras hoffmanni, Desmoceras inane, Desmoceras kossmati, Desmoceras nabdalsa, Desmoceras planorbiforme, Desmoceras pseudinane, Desmoceras seguenzae, Desmoceras voyi

Ecology: fast-moving nektonic carnivore

Average measurements (in mm): shell diameter 42.0

Distribution:

• Cretaceous of Angola (2 collections), Austria (5), Bulgaria (1), France (4), Georgia (1), Iran (5), Italy (1), Japan (1), Morocco (3), Romania (2), Slovakia (2), Türkiye (1)

Total: 28 collections each including a single occurrence

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