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Douvilleiceras spiniferum

Cephalopoda - Ammonitida - Douvilleiceratidae

Taxonomy

Ammonites spiniferus was named by Whiteaves (1876) [TYPE SPECIMEN: Based on lectotype.]. Its type specimen is GSC 5014b, a shell, and it is a 3D body fossil. Its type locality is Skidegate Inlet, west of Alliford Bay, which is in an Albian marine sandstone in the Haida Formation of Canada.

It was recombined as Douvilleiceras spiniferum by McLearn (1972) and Futakami and Haggart (2016).

Sister species lacking formal opinion data

D. baylei, D. cornueli, D. delgoense, D. martini, D. pretiosum, D. rex

Synonyms

Douvilleiceras restitutum was named by Anderson (1938). It is a 3D body fossil. Its type locality is CAS loc. 1344, Old Horsetown, Clear Creek, which is in a Berriasian/Turonian marine horizon in the Budden Canyon Formation of California.

It was synonymized subjectively with Douvilleiceras spiniferum by Futakami and Haggart (2016).
Douvilleiceras charshangense was named by Mirzoyev (1967).

It was synonymized subjectively with Douvilleiceras inaequinodum by Cooper (1982) and Kennedy and Klinger (2015); it was synonymized subjectively with Douvilleiceras spiniferum by Futakami and Haggart (2016).

Synonymy list

Year	Name and author
1876	Ammonites spiniferus Whiteaves p. 24 figs. pl. 3, fig. 1
1938	Douvilleiceras restitutum Anderson pp. 175 -176 figs. Plate 54, figure 2
1967	Douvilleiceras charshangense Mirzoyev
1972	Douvilleiceras spiniferum McLearn p. 62
2016	Douvilleiceras spiniferum Futakami and Haggart p. 47 figs. 4-9

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Rank	Name	Author
kingdom	Animalia	()
—	Bilateria
—	Eubilateria	Ax 1987
—	Protostomia
—	Spiralia
superphylum	Lophotrochozoa
phylum	Mollusca
class	Cephalopoda	Cuvier 1797

Rank	Name	Author
subclass	Ammonoidea	()
order	Ammonitida
suborder	Ancyloceratina	Wiedmann 1966
superfamily	Douvilleiceratoidea	(Parona and Bonarelli 1897)
family	Douvilleiceratidae	Parona and Bonarelli 1897
subfamily	Douvilleiceratinae	Parona and Bonarelli 1897
genus	Douvilleiceras	Grossouvre 1894
species	spiniferum	(Whiteaves 1876)

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.

†Douvilleiceras spiniferum Whiteaves 1876

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Invalid names: Douvilleiceras charshangense Mirzoyev 1967 [synonym], Douvilleiceras restitutum Anderson 1938 [synonym]

Diagnosis

No diagnoses are available

Measurements

part	N	mean	minimum	maximum	median	s.d.
shell height	8	14.3	7.40	51.3	10.3	15.5
shell diameter	8	35.1	19.1	115.6	27.9	34.9
shell inflation	8	11.5	5.80	33.4	9.70	10.6

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 Albian to the top of the Middle Albian or 112.03000 to 105.30000 Ma

Collections (18 total)

Time interval	Ma	Country or state	Original ID and collection number
Early/Lower Cretaceous	145.0 - 100.5	Canada (British Columbia)	Douvilleiceras spiniferum (235327)
Berriasian - Turonian	145.0 - 89.8	USA (California)	Douvilleiceras restitutum (216097)
Albian	113.0 - 100.5	USA (California)	Douvilleiceras restitutum (216375)
Albian	113.0 - 100.5	Canada (British Columbia)	Douvilleiceras spiniferum (87491 87499 87500 87502 87503)
Early/Lower Albian	112.03 - 109.0	Canada (British Columbia)	Ammonites spiniferus (179773) Douvilleiceras spiniferum (87497 87501 179766 179767 179768 179770 179771 179772)
Middle Albian	109.0 - 105.3	USA (California)	Douvilleiceras restitutum (216382)