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Desmoceras (Desmoceras) latidorsatum

Cephalopoda - Ammonitida - Desmoceratidae

Taxonomy
Ammonites latidorsatus was named by Michelin (1838) [DISTRIBUTION: Cenomanian; Europe.]. It is a 3D body fossil.

It was recombined as Puzosia (Latidorsella) latidorsata by Douvillé (1916); it was recombined as Desmoceras latidorsatum by Spath (1922), Wright (1952), Benavides-Caceres (1956), Arkadiev et al. (2000); it was recombined as Desmoceras latedorsatum by Reyment (1955); it was recombined as Desmoceras (Desmoceras) latidorsatum by Förster (1975), Cooper and Kennedy (1979), Wright and Kennedy (1984), Henderson (1990), Kennedy (1994), Szives (2007), Kennedy and Latil (2007), Kennedy and Klinger (2013), Kennedy (2013), Kennedy and Morris (2018), El Qot (2018), Gautam et al. (2019), Oudni et al. (2025).

Synonyms
Synonymy list
YearName and author
1822Ammonites selliguinus Brongniart p. 394 figs. Pl. VII, Fig. 1
1838Ammonites latidorsatus Michelin p. 101 figs. pl. 12, fig. 9
1916Puzosia (Latidorsella) latidorsata Douvillé p. 105 figs. Pl. 12, Fig. 4-6
1922Desmoceras latidorsatum Spath p. 152
1952Desmoceras latidorsatum Wright
1955Desmoceras latedorsatum Reyment p. 17 figs. Pl 2, figs 6,7; text-fig 5a
1956Desmoceras latidorsatum Benavides-Caceres p. 438
1975Desmoceras (Desmoceras) latidorsatum Förster p. 215 figs. Pl 10, fig 6; text-fig 63
1979Desmoceras (Desmoceras) latidorsatum Cooper and Kennedy p. 237 figs. 37, 38, 39D-F
1984Desmoceras (Desmoceras) latidorsatum Wright and Kennedy p. 61
1990Desmoceras (Desmoceras) latidorsatum Henderson p. 111
1994Desmoceras (Desmoceras) latidorsatum Kennedy p. 219
2000Desmoceras latidorsatum Arkadiev et al. p. 107 figs. Pl 9, figs 3-5
2007Desmoceras (Desmoceras) latidorsatum Kennedy and Latil p. 458 figs. Pl 2, fig 1; pl 6, figs 2,3; text-fig 4
2007Desmoceras (Desmoceras) latidorsatum Szives pp. 56, 98 figs. Pl 3, fig 25; pl 14, fig 10; pl 19, figs 3,4; pl 26, figs 1,2; pl 28, fig 6
2013Desmoceras (Desmoceras) latidorsatum Kennedy p. 632
2013Desmoceras (Desmoceras) latidorsatum Kennedy and Klinger p. 40 figs. 1-5
2018Desmoceras (Desmoceras) latidorsatum El Qot p. 155 figs. 8A-D
2018Desmoceras (Desmoceras) latidorsatum Kennedy and Morris p. 90 figs. 5A-F,J-O, 6D
2019Desmoceras (Desmoceras) latidorsatum Gautam et al. p. 20 fig. 6F,G
2025Desmoceras (Desmoceras) latidorsatum Oudni et al. p. 7 figs. 6A1-A4

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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
subgenusDesmocerasZittel 1884
specieslatidorsatum(Michelin 1838)

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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Invalid names: Ammonites selliguinus Brongniart 1822 [synonym]
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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
partNmeanminimummaximummedians.d.
shell height312.87.5025.711.09.66
shell diameter325.914.052.623.520.1
shell inflation34.862.5010.24.504.00

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 Late/Upper Aptian to the top of the Early/Lower Cenomanian or 119.57000 to 93.90000 Ma

Collections (102 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Late/Upper Aptian119.57 - 113.2Hungary Desmoceras latidorsatum (226273)
Early/Lower Albian113.2 - 110.1Mexico (Coahuila de Zaragoza) Latidorsella latidorsata (88253)
Early/Lower Albian113.2 - 110.1Colombia Desmoceras latidorsatum (67346 67347 67349 67350 67357 67358 67359 67364)
Early/Lower Albian113.2 - 110.1Egypt Desmoceras latidorsatum (191700)
Early/Lower Albian113.2 - 110.1France Desmoceras latidorsatum (56521 56561 58123)
Early/Lower Albian113.2 - 110.1USA (California) Desmoceras latidorsatum (214414 216423)
Early/Lower Albian113.2 - 110.1Madagascar Desmoceras latidorsatum (98226 98266)
Early/Lower Albian113.2 - 110.1South Africa Desmoceras latidorsatum (177183)
Early/Lower Albian - Middle Albian113.2 - 106.3France Desmoceras latidorsatum (13499 56845)
Albian113.2 - 100.5USA (Oregon) Desmoceras latidorsatum (229463)
Albian113.2 - 100.5Madagascar (Mahajanga) Desmoceras latidorsatum (86497)
Albian113.2 - 100.5Egypt Puzosia latidorsata (171299)
Albian113.2 - 100.5Madagascar Desmoceras latidorsatum (98227 98228 98229 98234 98244 98268) Latidorsella latidorsata (98264)
Early/Lower Albian - Late/Upper Albian113.2 - 100.5France Desmoceras latidorsatum (57922 58861)
Middle Albian110.1 - 106.3Madagascar Desmoceras latidorsatum (98232)
Middle Albian110.1 - 106.3Venezuela Desmoceras latidorsatum (87946)
Middle Albian110.1 - 106.3Peru Desmoceras latidorsatum (88174)
Middle Albian110.1 - 106.3France Desmoceras latidorsatum (56529 56540 56664 58422 58933) Desmoceras latidorsatum, Desmoceras complanatum (233804 233805)
Late/Upper Albian106.3 - 100.5Angola Desmoceras latidorsatum (210730 210731 232170 232171)
Late/Upper Albian106.3 - 100.5Ukraine Desmoceras latidorsatum (183295)
Late/Upper Albian106.3 - 100.5Mozambique Desmoceras latidorsatum (174832)
Late/Upper Albian106.3 - 100.5Egypt Desmoceras latidorsatum (98327)
Late/Upper Albian106.3 - 100.5Australia (Northern Territory) Desmoceras latidorsatum (70245)
Late/Upper Albian106.3 - 100.5South Africa Desmoceras latidorsatum (66021 177455)
Late/Upper Albian106.3 - 100.5India Desmoceras latidorsatum (201887)
Late/Upper Albian106.3 - 100.5Austria Desmoceras latidorsatum (232173)
Late/Upper Albian106.3 - 100.5Madagascar (Mahajanga) Desmoceras latidorsatum (98220 98221)
Late/Upper Albian106.3 - 100.5France Desmoceras latidorsatum (56523 56552 56554 56680 57941 58122 58125 58359 58431 58527 58533 58560 58878 58885 174465 174466 174479 174485 174487)
Cenomanian100.5 - 93.9Antarctica Desmoceras latidorsatum (83367 83561)
Cenomanian100.5 - 93.9South Africa Desmoceras latidorsatum (66023)
Cenomanian100.5 - 93.9Nigeria Desmoceras latedorsatum (210264)
Cenomanian100.5 - 93.9Germany Desmoceras latidorsatum (66779)
Cenomanian100.5 - 93.9India Desmoceras latidorsatum (217151 217156 217157)
Cenomanian100.5 - 93.9France Desmoceras latidorsatum (58935)
Early/Lower Cenomanian100.5 - 93.9Turkmenistan Desmoceras latidorsatum (183308)
Early/Lower Cenomanian100.5 - 93.9France (Normandie) Desmoceras latidorsatum (230776)
Early/Lower Cenomanian100.5 - 93.9Angola Desmoceras latidorsatum (70936 70937 70938 70944 70945)
Early/Lower Cenomanian100.5 - 93.9Japan Desmoceras latidorsatum (86984)
Early/Lower Cenomanian100.5 - 93.9Tanzania Desmoceras latidorsatum (193269)
Early/Lower Cenomanian100.5 - 93.9Algeria Desmoceras latidorsatum (241586 241587)
Early/Lower Cenomanian100.5 - 93.9Madagascar Desmoceras latidorsatum (174322)
Early/Lower Cenomanian100.5 - 93.9France Desmoceras latidorsatum (13500)
Early/Lower Cenomanian - Middle Cenomanian100.5 - 93.9France Desmoceras latidorsatum (58626 58883)
Middle Cenomanian100.5 - 93.9France Desmoceras latidorsatum (82843)
Middle Cenomanian100.5 - 93.9Turkmenistan Desmoceras latidorsatum (183307)