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Pachydesmoceras kamerunense
Taxonomy
Desmoceras kamerunense was named by von Koenen (1898). It is a 3D body fossil. Its type locality is Elephantenbank, Mungo River, which is in a Turonian carbonate limestone in the Mungo River Formation of Cameroon.
It was synonymized subjectively with Puzosia denisoniana by Solger (1904); it was recombined as Pachydesmoceras kamerunense by Reyment (1955).
It was synonymized subjectively with Puzosia denisoniana by Solger (1904); it was recombined as Pachydesmoceras kamerunense by Reyment (1955).
Synonymy list
| Year | Name and author |
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| 1898 | Desmoceras kamerunense von Koenen p. 55 figs. Pl. 7, figs 1-3 |
| 1955 | Pachydesmoceras kamerunense Reyment p. 19 |
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If no rank is listed, the taxon is considered an unranked clade in modern classifications. Ranks may be repeated or presented in the wrong order because authors working on different parts of the classification may disagree about how to rank taxa.
†Pachydesmoceras kamerunense von Koenen 1898
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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
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Age range: Early/Lower Turonian or 93.50000 to 89.30000 Ma
Collections (4 total)
| Time interval | Ma | Country or state | Original ID and collection number |
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| Early/Lower Turonian | Cameroon | Desmoceras kamerunense (191895) Pachydesmoceras kamerunense (82736 82784) | |
| Early/Lower Turonian | Nigeria | Pachydesmoceras kamerunense (210266) |