Cephalopoda - Ammonitida - Desmoceratidae
Alternative combinations: Ammonites sugata, Desmoceras sugatum
Synonyms: Damesites compactus van Hoepen 1921, Desmoceras compactum van Hoepen 1921, Kotoceras frazierense Anderson 1958, Kotoceras richardsoni Anderson 1958, Kotoceras subsugatum Anderson 1958
Full reference: E. Forbes. 1846. Report on the fossil invertebrata from southern India, collected by Mr. Kaye and Mr. Cunliffe. Transactions of the Geological Society of London, Series 2 7:97-174
Belongs to Damesites according to W. J. Kennedy 2018
See also Anderson 1902, Anderson 1958, Cooper 2003, Forbes 1846, Kennedy 1995, Kennedy and Klinger 2013, Matsumoto 1959 and Summesberger 1980
Sister taxa: Damesites ainuanus, Damesites damesi, Damesites hetonaiensis, Damesites laticarinatus, Damesites semicostatus
Average measurements (in mm): shell diameter 36.9
Distribution:
• Cretaceous of Angola (1 collection), Austria (1), Canada (2: British Columbia), France (3), India (2), South Africa (2), United States (4: California)
Total: 15 collections including 16 occurrences
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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