Douvilleiceras spiniferum Whiteaves 1876

Cephalopoda - Ammonitida - Douvilleiceratidae

Alternative combination: Ammonites spiniferus

Synonyms: Douvilleiceras charshangense Mirzoyev 1967, Douvilleiceras restitutum Anderson 1938

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

See also Anderson 1938, Cooper 1982 and McLearn 1972

Sister taxa: Douvilleiceras inaequinodum, Douvilleiceras mamillare, Douvilleiceras mammillatum, Douvilleiceras meyendorffi, Douvilleiceras monile, Douvilleiceras muralense, Douvilleiceras offarcinatum, Douvilleiceras scabrosum, Douvilleiceras variabile

Type specimens:

  • Douvilleiceras spiniferum: GSC 5014b, a shell. Its type locality is Skidegate Inlet, west of Alliford Bay, which is in an Albian marine sandstone in the Haida Formation of Canada.
  • Douvilleiceras charshangense:
  • Douvilleiceras restitutum: Its type locality is CAS loc. 1344, Old Horsetown, Clear Creek, which is in a Berriasian/Turonian marine horizon in the Budden Canyon Formation of California.

Average measurements (in mm): shell diameter 35.1

Distribution:

• Cretaceous of Canada (14: British Columbia collections), United States (3: California)

Total: 17 collections including 18 occurrences

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