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Damesites damesi

Cephalopoda - Ammonitida - Desmoceratidae

Taxonomy
Desmoceras damesi was named by Jimbo (1894). It is the type species of Damesites.

It was recombined as Damesites damesi by Kennedy (1995).

Subspecies
D. intermedius

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1894Desmoceras damesi Jimbo p. 172 figs. Pl. 1, figs 2,3
1995Damesites damesi Kennedy p. 398

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
—Bilateria
—EubilateriaAx 1987
—Protostomia
—Spiralia
superphylumLophotrochozoa
phylumMollusca
classCephalopodaCuvier 1797
RankNameAuthor
subclassAmmonoidea()
orderAmmonitida
suborderAmmonitinaHyatt 1889
superfamilyDesmoceratoidea(Zittel 1895)
familyDesmoceratidaeZittel 1895
subfamilyDesmoceratinaeZittel 1895
genusDamesitesMatsumoto 1942
speciesdamesi(Jimbo 1894)

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.

†Damesites damesi Jimbo 1894
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†Damesites damesi intermedius Matsumoto 1954
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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
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 Early/Lower Coniacian to the top of the Early/Lower Campanian or 89.30000 to 70.60000 Ma

Collections (12 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Coniacian89.8 - 86.3Japan (Hokkaido) Damesites damesi (94690)
Coniacian89.8 - 86.3USA (California) Damesites damesi (86783) Kotoceras richardsoni (158090)
Coniacian - Santonian89.8 - 83.6Japan (Hokkaido) Damesites damesi (193939)
Coniacian - Santonian89.8 - 83.6USA (California) Damesites damesi (224925)
Early/Lower Coniacian89.3 - 85.8Japan Damesites damesi (181021)
Santonian86.3 - 83.6Japan Damesites damesi (62212 62217)
Early/Lower Santonian85.8 - 83.5France Damesites damesi (179250 179252)
Early/Lower Campanian83.5 - 70.6Japan (Hokkaido) Damesites damesi (94679)
Early/Lower Campanian83.5 - 70.6Japan Damesites damesi (236007)