Cephalopoda - Ammonitida - Desmoceratidae
Alternative combination: Desmoceras (Latidorsella) barryae
Full reference: F. M. Anderson. 1958. Upper Cretaceous of the Pacific Coast. Geological Society of America Memoir 71:1-378
Belongs to Desmoceras (Pseudouhligella) according to M. A. Murphy and P. U. Rodda 1960
See also Anderson 1958
Sister taxa: Desmoceras (Pseudoughligella) bearskinense, Desmoceras (Pseudoughligella) dawsoni, Desmoceras (Pseudoughligella) subezoanum, Desmoceras (Pseudouhligella) alamoense, Desmoceras (Pseudouhligella) argonauticum, Desmoceras (Pseudouhligella) bearskinense, Desmoceras (Pseudouhligella) calabarense, Desmoceras (Pseudouhligella) ezoanum, Desmoceras (Pseudouhligella) intrapunctatum, Desmoceras (Pseudouhligella) japonicum, Desmoceras (Pseudouhligella) poronaicum, Desmoceras (Pseudouhligella) shikokuense, Desmoceras (Pseudouhligella) vetus
Type specimen: CAS 61797.02, a shell. Its type locality is CAS loc. 1346A, Hulen Creek, upper beds, which is in an Albian/Cenomanian marine sandstone in California.
Ecology: fast-moving nektonic carnivore
Average measurements (in mm): shell diameter 51.0
Distribution:
• Cretaceous of United States (7: California collections)
Total: 7 collections each including a single occurrence
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