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Desmoceras (Pseudouhligella) barryae

Cephalopoda - Ammonitida - Desmoceratidae

Taxonomy
Desmoceras (Latidorsella) barryae was named by Anderson (1958). Its type specimen is CAS 61797.02, a shell, and it is a 3D body fossil. Its type locality is CAS loc. 1346A, Hulen Creek, upper beds, which is in an Albian/Cenomanian marine sandstone in California.

It was recombined as Desmoceras (Pseudouhligella) barryae by Murphy and Rodda (1960).

Sister species lacking formal opinion data
D. austeni, D. eozanum

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1958Desmoceras (Latidorsella) barryae Anderson p. 214 figs. Pl 12, figs 2,2a
1960Desmoceras (Pseudouhligella) barryae Murphy and Rodda p. 853 figs. Pl. 106, figs. 1, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 10, 12, 13, 14, 16

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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)
speciesbarryae()

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 height126.0
shell diameter151.0
shell inflation16.50

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: Early/Lower Cenomanian or 100.50000 to 93.90000 Ma

Collections (7 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Late/Upper Albian - Early/Lower Cenomanian106.3 - 93.9USA (California) Desmoceras barryae (type locality: 83772)
Early/Lower Cenomanian100.5 - 93.9USA (California) Desmoceras barryae (1791 1792 1798 1801 1802 1810)