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Desmoceras (Desmoceras)

Cephalopoda - Ammonitida - Desmoceratidae

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1884Desmoceras (Desmoceras) Zittel
1975Desmoceras (Desmoceras) Förster p. 215
1979Desmoceras (Desmoceras) Cooper and Kennedy p. 237
1984Desmoceras (Desmoceras) Wright and Kennedy p. 61
1990Desmoceras (Desmoceras) Henderson p. 111
1994Desmoceras (Desmoceras) Kennedy p. 219
1996Desmoceras (Desmoceras) Wright et al. p. 82
2007Desmoceras (Desmoceras) Kennedy and Latil p. 458
2007Desmoceras (Desmoceras) Szives p. 56
2013Desmoceras (Desmoceras) Kennedy p. 632
2013Desmoceras (Desmoceras) Kennedy and Klinger p. 39
2018Desmoceras (Desmoceras) El Qot p. 155
2018Desmoceras (Desmoceras) Kennedy and Morris p. 90
2019Desmoceras (Desmoceras) Gautam et al. p. 20

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
—Bilateria
—EubilateriaAx 1987
—Protostomia
—Spiralia
superphylumLophotrochozoa
phylumMollusca
classCephalopodaCuvier 1797
RankNameAuthor
subclassAmmonoidea()
orderAmmonitidaHaeckel 1866
suborderAmmonitinaHyatt 1889
superfamilyDesmoceratoidea(Zittel 1895)
familyDesmoceratidaeZittel 1895
subfamilyDesmoceratinaeZittel 1895
genusDesmocerasZittel 1884
subgenusDesmocerasZittel 1884

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.

Subg. †Desmoceras (Desmoceras) Zittel 1884
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Invalid names: Ammonites selliguinus Brongniart 1822 [synonym]
Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
partNmeanminimummaximummedians.d.
shell height312.87.5025.711.09.66
shell diameter325.914.052.623.520.1
shell inflation34.862.5010.24.504.00

Composition: aragoniteo
Environment: marinec
Locomotion: fast-movingo
Life habit: nektonico
Diet: carnivoreo
Vision: well-developedc
Created: 2005-01-28 02:27:03
Modified: 2009-10-08 14:14:55
Source: o = order, c = class
References: Kiessling 2004, Kiessling 2003

Age range: base of the Late/Upper Aptian to the top of the Early/Lower Cenomanian or 119.57000 to 93.90000 Ma

Collections (105 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Late/Upper Aptian119.57 - 113.2Hungary Desmoceras latidorsatum (226273)
Early/Lower Albian113.2 - 110.1France Desmoceras latidorsatum (56521 56561 58123)
Early/Lower Albian113.2 - 110.1Madagascar Desmoceras latidorsatum (98226 98266)
Early/Lower Albian113.2 - 110.1Colombia Desmoceras latidorsatum (67346 67347 67349 67350 67357 67358 67359 67364)
Early/Lower Albian113.2 - 110.1Mexico (Coahuila de Zaragoza) Latidorsella latidorsata (88253)
Early/Lower Albian113.2 - 110.1USA (California) Desmoceras latidorsatum (214414 216423)
Early/Lower Albian113.2 - 110.1Egypt Desmoceras latidorsatum (191700)
Early/Lower Albian113.2 - 110.1South Africa Desmoceras latidorsatum (177183)
Early/Lower Albian - Middle Albian113.2 - 106.3France Desmoceras latidorsatum (13499 56845)
Albian113.2 - 100.5USA (Oregon) Desmoceras latidorsatum (229463)
Albian113.2 - 100.5Egypt Puzosia latidorsata (171299)
Albian113.2 - 100.5Madagascar (Mahajanga) Desmoceras latidorsatum (86497)
Albian113.2 - 100.5Madagascar Desmoceras latidorsatum (98227 98228 98229 98234 98244 98268) Latidorsella latidorsata (98264)
Early/Lower Albian - Late/Upper Albian113.2 - 100.5France Desmoceras latidorsatum (57922 58861)
Middle Albian110.1 - 106.3France Desmoceras inflatum, Desmoceras latidorsatum, Desmoceras complanatum (233804 233805) Desmoceras latidorsatum (56529 56540 56664 58422 58933)
Middle Albian110.1 - 106.3Madagascar Desmoceras latidorsatum (98232)
Middle Albian110.1 - 106.3Venezuela Desmoceras latidorsatum (87946)
Middle Albian110.1 - 106.3Peru Desmoceras latidorsatum (88174)
Late/Upper Albian106.3 - 100.5Angola Desmoceras latidorsatum (210730 210731 232170 232171)
Late/Upper Albian106.3 - 100.5France Desmoceras latidorsatum (56523 56552 56554 56680 57941 58122 58125 58359 58431 58527 58533 58560 58878 58885 174465 174466 174479 174485 174487)
Late/Upper Albian106.3 - 100.5Madagascar (Mahajanga) Desmoceras latidorsatum (98220 98221)
Late/Upper Albian106.3 - 100.5South Africa Desmoceras latidorsatum (66021 177455)
Late/Upper Albian106.3 - 100.5Egypt Desmoceras latidorsatum (98327)
Late/Upper Albian106.3 - 100.5Mozambique Desmoceras latidorsatum (174832)
Late/Upper Albian106.3 - 100.5Ukraine Desmoceras latidorsatum (183295)
Late/Upper Albian106.3 - 100.5Australia (Northern Territory) Desmoceras latidorsatum (70245)
Late/Upper Albian106.3 - 100.5Austria Desmoceras latidorsatum (232173)
Late/Upper Albian106.3 - 100.5India Desmoceras latidorsatum (201887)
Late/Upper Albian106.3 - 100.5Japan Desmoceras kossmanti (122277)
Cenomanian100.5 - 93.9Germany Desmoceras latidorsatum (66779)
Cenomanian100.5 - 93.9Nigeria Desmoceras latedorsatum (210264)
Cenomanian100.5 - 93.9South Africa Desmoceras latidorsatum (66023)
Cenomanian100.5 - 93.9India Desmoceras latidorsatum (217151 217156 217157) Desmoceras sp. (217158 217160)
Cenomanian100.5 - 93.9France Desmoceras latidorsatum (58935)
Cenomanian100.5 - 93.9Antarctica Desmoceras latidorsatum (83367 83561)
Early/Lower Cenomanian100.5 - 93.9France (Normandie) Desmoceras latidorsatum (230776)
Early/Lower Cenomanian100.5 - 93.9France Desmoceras latidorsatum (13500)
Early/Lower Cenomanian100.5 - 93.9Turkmenistan Desmoceras latidorsatum (183308)
Early/Lower Cenomanian100.5 - 93.9Angola Desmoceras latidorsatum (70936 70937 70938 70944 70945)
Early/Lower Cenomanian100.5 - 93.9Japan Desmoceras kossmanti (123152) Desmoceras latidorsatum (86984)
Early/Lower Cenomanian100.5 - 93.9Tunisia Puzosia paronae (178213)
Early/Lower Cenomanian100.5 - 93.9Tanzania Desmoceras latidorsatum (193269)
Early/Lower Cenomanian100.5 - 93.9Madagascar Desmoceras latidorsatum (174322)
Early/Lower Cenomanian - Middle Cenomanian100.5 - 93.9France Desmoceras latidorsatum (58626 58883)
Middle Cenomanian100.5 - 93.9Turkmenistan Desmoceras latidorsatum (183307)
Middle Cenomanian100.5 - 93.9France Desmoceras latidorsatum (82843)