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Desmophyllites diphylloides

Cephalopoda - Ammonitida - Desmoceratidae

Taxonomy
Ammonites diphylloides was named by Forbes (1846) [DISTRIBUTION: Santonian-Campanian; cosmopolitan.]. It is a 3D body fossil. Its type locality is Pondicherry, which is in a Maastrichtian marine sandstone/claystone in the Valudavur Formation of India.

It was recombined as Desmophyllites diphylloides by Matsumoto (1959), Howarth (1965), Matsumoto (1984), Henderson and McNamara (1985), Klinger (1985), Kennedy and Henderson (1992), Kennedy et al. (1992), Kennedy (1995), Kennedy (1995), Arkadiev et al. (2000), Klinger et al. (2001), Kennedy and Klinger (2013), Ifrim et al. (2013), Shigeta (2016) and Shigeta and Izukura (2018).

Sister species lacking formal opinion data
D. japonicus

Synonyms
Synonymy list
YearName and author
1846Ammonites diphylloides Forbes p. 105 figs. pl. 8, fig. 8
1879Ammonites selwynianus Whiteaves p. 104 figs. Pl 13, fig 1
1898Desmoceras phyllimorphum Kossmat p. 110 figs. pl. 19, figs. 10a-c
1901Desmoceras salsense de Grossouvre p. 463
1903Desmoceras selwynianum Whiteaves p. 351
1921Schlueteria woodsi Spath p. 45 fig. 1
1921Desmoceras simplex Van Hoepen p. 19 figs. Pl 3, figs 11-16; text-fig 10
1921Desmoceras crassum Van Hoepen p. 20 figs. Pl 4, figs 3,5; text-fig 11
1925Puzosia phyllimorpha Diener p. 126
1958Desmophyllites selwynianus Anderson p. 215 figs. Plate 40, figure 2
1958Desmophyllites siskiyouensis Anderson p. 215 figs. Pl 35, figs 3,3a; pl 41, figs 1,2,3,3a
1958Desmophyllites yoloensis Anderson p. 216 figs. Pl 41, fig 6
1959Desmophyllites diphylloides Matsumoto p. 9 figs. Pl.3, fig. 3a,c; Text-fig. 2
1963Desmophyllites phyllimorphum Jones p. 34
1965Desmophyllites diphylloides Howarth p. 388
1984Desmophyllites diphylloides Matsumoto p. 12
1985Desmophyllites diphylloides Henderson and McNamara p. 54 figs. Pl 4, figs 1-4
1985Desmophyllites diphylloides Klinger p. 6
1992Desmophyllites diphylloides Kennedy et al. p. 268
1992Desmophyllites diphylloides Kennedy and Henderson p. 405 figs. Pl 6, figs 1-9; pl 16, figs 1-3,7,8; pl 17, figs 4-7; text-fig 3F
1995Desmophyllites diphylloides Kennedy p. 241 figs. Pl 1, figs 1,2
2000Desmophyllites diphylloides Arkadiev et al. p. 108 figs. Pl 12, fig 1
2001Desmophyllites diphylloides Klinger et al. p. 280 figs. Pl 3, figs 1-3
2013Desmophyllites diphylloides Ifrim et al. p. 885 figs. 3.3-3.7, 4.2-4.6
2013Desmophyllites diphylloides Kennedy and Klinger p. 42 figs. 6A-S
2016Desmophyllites diphylloides Shigeta p. 335 figs. 8F,G, 10, 11
2018Desmophyllites diphylloides Shigeta and Izukura p. 16 figs. 3D-Y

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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
genusDesmophyllitesSpath 1829
speciesdiphylloides()

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 selwynianus Whiteaves 1879 [synonym], Desmoceras crassum Van Hoepen 1921 [synonym], Desmoceras phyllimorphum Kossmat 1898 [synonym], Desmoceras salsense de Grossouvre 1901 [synonym], Desmoceras simplex Van Hoepen 1921 [synonym], Desmophyllites siskiyouensis Anderson 1958 [synonym], Desmophyllites yoloensis Anderson 1958 [synonym], Schlueteria woodsi Spath 1921 [synonym]
Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
partNmeanminimummaximummedians.d.
shell height2816.75.0062.017.013.7
shell diameter2831.99.80113.032.525.2
shell inflation282.350.3008.002.452.14

Composition: aragoniteo
Entire body: yess
Adult length: 10 to < 100s
Adult width: 10 to < 100s
Adult height: 10 to < 100s
Environment: marinec
Locomotion: fast-movingo
Life habit: nektonico
Diet: carnivoreo
Vision: well-developedc
Created: 2009-02-28 22:10:02
Modified: 2009-03-01 00:10:02
Source: s = species, o = order, c = class
References: Matsumoto 1984, Kiessling 2003, Kiessling 2004

Age range: base of the Albian to the top of the Early/Lower Maastrichtian or 113.00000 to 66.00000 Ma

Collections (58 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Albian113.0 - 100.5USA (California) Desmoceras selwynianum (176021)
Coniacian89.8 - 86.3USA (California) Desmophyllites siskiyouensis (44233 44271 158090) Desmophyllites yoloensis (44239)
Santonian86.3 - 83.6USA (California) Desmophyllites yoloensis (44238)
Santonian86.3 - 83.6South Africa Desmophyllites diphylloides (66070)
Late/Upper Santonian85.8 - 83.5France Desmophyllites diphylloides (179115 179223)
Late/Upper Santonian85.8 - 83.5South Africa Desmophyllites diphylloides (82520)
Middle Santonian85.8 - 83.5France Desmophyllites diphylloides (179249)
Campanian83.6 - 72.1USA (Alaska) Desmophyllites phyllimorphum (88820)
Campanian83.6 - 72.1USA (California) Desmophyllites diphylloides (86809)
Campanian83.6 - 72.1USA (Washington) Desmophyllites diphylloides (86868)
Early/Lower Campanian83.5 - 70.6Cameroon Desmophyllites diphylloides (209676)
Early/Lower Campanian83.5 - 70.6Mexico (Coahuila) Desmophyllites diphylloides (171307)
Late/Upper Campanian83.5 - 70.6USA (Alaska) Desmophyllites phyllimorphum (63935 88816 158227)
Late/Upper Campanian83.5 - 70.6Angola Desmophyllites diphylloides (88883)
Late/Upper Campanian83.5 - 70.6Japan Desmophyllites diphylloides (181919 181925 181930)
Late/Upper Campanian83.5 - 70.6USA (Arkansas) Desmophyllites diphylloides (83054 83094)
Late/Upper Campanian83.5 - 70.6France Desmophyllites diphylloides (82291)
Late/Upper Campanian83.5 - 70.6Ukraine Desmophyllites diphylloides (183317)
Late/Upper Campanian83.5 - 70.6USA (California) Desmophyllites diphylloides (185168 224993 225635 225636) Desmophyllites siskiyouensis, Desmophyllites yoloensis (86819)
Middle Campanian83.5 - 70.6Japan Desmophyllites diphylloides (181920 181922 199734 199735 199736 199737 199739)
Late/Upper Campanian - Early/Lower Maastrichtian83.5 - 66.0USA (California) Desmophyllites siskiyouensis, Desmophyllites selwynianus (44268)
Maastrichtian72.1 - 66.0Australia (Western Australia) Desmophyllites diphylloides (83845 83850 83851 83852 83853 83855 83857 83862 157777 157778 157781 157784 157785 157789 157792)
Late/Upper Maastrichtian70.6 - 66.0India Ammonites diphylloides (41428)
Late/Upper Maastrichtian70.6 - 66.0South Africa Desmophyllites diphylloides (166277)
Late/Upper Maastrichtian70.6 - 66.0Oman Desmophyllites diphylloides (175462)