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Desmoscaphites bassleri

Cephalopoda - Ammonitida - Scaphitidae

Taxonomy
Desmoscaphites bassleri was named by Reeside (1927). Its type specimen is USNM 73358, a shell, and it is a 3D body fossil. Its type locality is USGS Mesozoic Loc. 10141. Just west of Hogback Mountain, which is in a Turonian marine shale in the Mancos Formation of New Mexico.

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1927Desmoscaphites bassleri Reeside p. 16 figs. pl. 21, figs. 17–21; pl. 22, figs. 8–12
2007Desmoscaphites bassleri Landman and Cobban pp. 72 - 84 figs. 4–6, 7A, B, 8–11, 16A, B
2019Desmoscaphites bassleri Sealey and Lucas p. 204 figs. 99F-G, 101A-F,L-M

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
—Bilateria
—EubilateriaAx 1987
—Protostomia
—Spiralia
superphylumLophotrochozoa
phylumMollusca
classCephalopodaCuvier 1797
RankNameAuthor
subclassAmmonoidea()
orderAmmonitidaHaeckel 1866
suborderAncyloceratinaWiedmann 1966
superfamilyScaphitoidea(Gill 1871)
familyScaphitidaeGill 1871
subfamilyScaphitinaeGill 1871
genusDesmoscaphitesReeside 1927
speciesbassleriReeside 1927

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.

†Desmoscaphites bassleri Reeside 1927
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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 Turonian to the top of the Campanian or 93.90000 to 72.20000 Ma

Collections (6 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Turonian93.9 - 89.8USA (New Mexico) Desmoscaphites bassleri (type locality: 217096)
Middle Santonian85.7 - 83.6USA (New Mexico) Desmoscaphites bassleri (87849)
Santonian85.7 - 83.6USA (Wyoming) Desmoscaphites bassleri (87780)
Santonian85.7 - 83.6USA (New Mexico) Desmoscaphites bassleri (234103)
Santonian85.7 - 83.6Russian Federation (Sakhalin) Desmoscaphites bassleri (64585)
Campanian83.6 - 72.2Canada (Alberta) Desmoscaphites bassleri (87434)