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Desmoceras (Pseudouhligella) japonicum

Cephalopoda - Ammonitida - Desmoceratidae

Taxonomy
Desmoceras dawsoni japonicum was named by Yabe (1904). It is a 3D body fossil.

It was recombined as Desmoceras (Pseudoughligella) japonicum by McLearn (1972); it was recombined as Desmoceras (Pseudouhligella) japonicum by Murphy and Rodda (1960), Jones (1967), Alabushev (1995).

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1904Desmoceras dawsoni japonicum Yabe p. 35 figs. pl. 5, figs. 3, 4
1960Desmoceras (Pseudouhligella) japonicum Murphy and Rodda p. 854 figs. Pl. 106, figs. 2,3,7,11
1967Desmoceras (Pseudouhligella) japonicum Jones p. 29 figs. Pl 4, figs 10,11
1972Desmoceras (Pseudoughligella) japonicum McLearn p. 47
1995Desmoceras (Pseudouhligella) japonicum Alabushev fig. 4A,B

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
Bilateria
EubilateriaAx 1987
Protostomia
Spiralia
superphylumLophotrochozoa
phylumMollusca
classCephalopodaCuvier 1797
subclassAmmonoidea()
RankNameAuthor
orderAmmonitidaHaeckel 1866
suborderAmmonitinaHyatt 1889
superfamilyDesmoceratoidea(Zittel 1895)
familyDesmoceratidaeZittel 1895
subfamilyDesmoceratinaeZittel 1895
genusDesmocerasZittel 1884
subgenusPseudouhligella(Matsumoto 1938)
speciesjaponicum(Yabe 1904)

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.

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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
partNmean
shell height112.7
shell diameter123.0
shell inflation12.70

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 2003, Kiessling 2004

Age range: base of the Albian to the top of the Early/Lower Turonian or 113.20000 to 89.80000 Ma

Collections (19 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Albian113.2 - 100.5Canada (British Columbia) Desmoceras japonicum (87505 87506)
Cenomanian100.5 - 93.9Japan Desmoceras japonicum (87018)
Cenomanian100.5 - 93.9USA (Alaska) Desmoceras japonicum (88621 88622 88913 88936 88937)
Early/Lower Cenomanian100.5 - 93.9Canada (British Columbia) Desmoceras japonicum (87696)
Early/Lower Cenomanian100.5 - 93.9Japan (Hokkaido) Desmoceras japonicum (62633 62650 62651 70530)
Early/Lower Cenomanian100.5 - 93.9Russian Federation Desmoceras japonicum (169546)
Early/Lower Cenomanian100.5 - 93.9USA (California) Desmoceras japonicum (1810)
Late/Upper Cenomanian100.5 - 93.9Japan (Hokkaido) Desmoceras japonicum (94684)
Middle Cenomanian100.5 - 93.9USA (California) Desmoceras japonicum (224960)
Early/Lower Turonian93.9 - 89.8Russian Federation Desmoceras japonicum (84218)
Turonian - Coniacian93.9 - 85.7USA (Alaska) Desmoceras japonicum (88938)