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Desmophyllites larteti
Taxonomy
Desmoceras larteti was named by Seunes (1891). It is not a trace fossil. Its type locality is Carrière Bernès, between Gan and Rébénacq (Seunes collection), which is in a Maastrichtian marine marl in the Nay Formation of France.
It was recombined as Desmophyllites larteti by Kennedy et al. (1992), Ward and Kennedy (1993), Kennedy and Hancock (1993), Kennedy and Summesberger (1999) and Courville and Odin (2001).
It was recombined as Desmophyllites larteti by Kennedy et al. (1992), Ward and Kennedy (1993), Kennedy and Hancock (1993), Kennedy and Summesberger (1999) and Courville and Odin (2001).
Sister species lacking formal opinion data
Synonymy list
| Year | Name and author |
|---|---|
| 1891 | Desmoceras larteti Seunes p. 19 |
| 1992 | Desmophyllites larteti Kennedy et al. p. 268 |
| 1993 | Desmophyllites larteti Kennedy and Hancock p. 578 figs. Pl 1, figs 1-3,8-10 |
| 1993 | Desmophyllites larteti Ward and Kennedy p. 23 figs. 23.1, 23.2, 23.3, 23.5-23.7, 23.9-23.12 |
| 1999 | Desmophyllites larteti Kennedy and Summesberger p. 24 figs. Pl 1, figs 6-9 |
| 2001 | Desmophyllites larteti Courville and Odin p. 532 figs. Pl 2, fig 16 |
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†Desmophyllites larteti Seunes 1891
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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
| part | N | mean | minimum | maximum | median | s.d. | |
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| shell height | 2 | 45.9 | 41.0 | 51.3 | 46.1 | 7.28 | |
| shell diameter | 2 | 87.2 | 81.4 | 93.5 | 87.5 | 8.56 | |
| shell inflation | 2 | 5.20 | 5.10 | 5.30 | 5.20 | 0.141 |
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| References: Kiessling 2004, Kiessling 2003 | |||||
Age range: base of the Late/Upper Campanian to the top of the Late/Upper Maastrichtian or 83.50000 to 66.00000 Ma
Collections (8 total)
| Time interval | Ma | Country or state | Original ID and collection number |
|---|---|---|---|
| Late/Upper Campanian | France (Landes) | Desmophyllites larteti (38811 213865 213875 213895 214097) | |
| Late/Upper Campanian | Austria | Desmophyllites larteti (48008) | |
| Early/Lower Maastrichtian | Austria (Lower Austria) | Desmophyllites larteti (226428) | |
| Late/Upper Maastrichtian | France | Desmoceras larteti (165598) |