Cephalopoda - Ammonitida - Desmoceratidae
Full reference: M. A. Murphy and P. U. Rodda. 1959. New ammonites From the Albian of Northern California. Journal of Paleontology 33(1):103-105
Belongs to Desmoceras (Pseudouhligella) according to E. Robert et al. 2018
See also Murphy and Rodda 1959
Sister taxa: Desmoceras (Pseudoughligella) bearskinense, Desmoceras (Pseudoughligella) dawsoni, Desmoceras (Pseudoughligella) subezoanum, Desmoceras (Pseudouhligella) alamoense, Desmoceras (Pseudouhligella) argonauticum, Desmoceras (Pseudouhligella) barryae, Desmoceras (Pseudouhligella) bearskinense, Desmoceras (Pseudouhligella) calabarense, Desmoceras (Pseudouhligella) ezoanum, Desmoceras (Pseudouhligella) intrapunctatum, Desmoceras (Pseudouhligella) japonicum, Desmoceras (Pseudouhligella) poronaicum
Type specimen: UCLA 31000, a shell. Its type locality is UCLA loc. 3103, East Fork of Huling Creek, which is in an Albian marine horizon in the Budden Canyon Formation of California.
Ecology: fast-moving nektonic carnivore
Distribution:
• Cretaceous of Mexico (1 collection), United States (1: California)
Total: 2 collections each including a single occurrence
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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