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Damesites

Cephalopoda - Ammonitida - Desmoceratidae

Synonyms
Synonymy list
YearName and author
1927Kotoceras Yabe p. 36
1942Damesites Matsumoto p. 24
1958Neokotoceras Anderson
1959Damesites Matsumoto p. 11
1963Neokotoceras Jones p. 34
1966Damesites Howarth p. 222
1980Damesites Summesberger p. 278
1995Damesites Kennedy p. 398
1996Damesites Wright et al. p. 83
2002Damesites Sepkoski
2013Damesites Kennedy and Klinger p. 44
2018Damesites Kennedy p. 672
2018Damesites Shigeta and Izukura p. 16

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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
genusDamesitesMatsumoto 1942

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.

G. †Damesites Matsumoto 1942
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†Damesites ainuanus Matsumoto 1957
†Damesites damesi Jimbo 1894
†Damesites damesi intermedius Matsumoto 1954
†Damesites hetonaiensis Matsumoto 1942
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Invalid names: Neokotoceras fresnoense Anderson 1958 [synonym]
†Damesites laticarinatus Saito and Matsumoto 1956
†Damesites semicostatus Matsumoto 1942
†Damesites sugata Forbes 1846
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Invalid names: Desmoceras compactum van Hoepen 1921 [synonym], Kotoceras frazierense Anderson 1958 [synonym], Kotoceras richardsoni Anderson 1958 [synonym], Kotoceras subsugatum Anderson 1958 [synonym]
Invalid names: Kotoceras Yabe 1927 [replaced], Neokotoceras Anderson 1958 [synonym]
Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
partNmeanminimummaximummedians.d.
shell height318.514.423.219.04.40
shell diameter336.230.045.335.07.80
shell inflation32.892.203.902.800.862

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: base of the Early/Lower Albian to the top of the Early/Lower Maastrichtian or 112.03000 to 66.00000 Ma

Collections (71 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Early/Lower Albian112.03 - 109.0South Africa D. sp. (66073)
Cenomanian - Turonian100.5 - 89.8Japan D. laticarinatus (233829)
Late/Upper Cenomanian99.6 - 93.5USA (Wyoming) D. sp. Cobban 1988 (233803)
Turonian93.9 - 89.8USA (California) Kotoceras frazierense (44205)
Turonian93.9 - 89.8Japan D. ainuanus (69159 69160 69164 69165 69167 69170 69171 69174)
Turonian93.9 - 89.8Japan (Hokkaido) D. sp. (94688)
Middle Turonian93.5 - 89.3Angola D. ainuanus (69809)
Middle Turonian93.5 - 89.3Japan D. ainuanus (69155 69157 69158 69162 69163 69166 69169 69172)
Late/Upper Turonian - Coniacian93.5 - 86.3USA (California) Kotoceras frazierense (215571)
Coniacian89.8 - 86.3Japan (Hokkaido) D. damesi (94690)
Coniacian89.8 - 86.3USA (California) D. damesi (86783) D. sp. (88628) Kotoceras richardsoni (44270 158090) Kotoceras richardsoni, Kotoceras subsugatum (44271)
Coniacian - Santonian89.8 - 83.6USA (California) D. damesi (224925)
Coniacian - Santonian89.8 - 83.6South Africa D. sugata (177456)
Coniacian - Santonian89.8 - 83.6Japan D. sp., D. damesi (193939)
Early/Lower Coniacian89.3 - 85.8Japan D. damesi (181021)
Early/Lower Coniacian89.3 - 85.8Angola D. ainuanus (210898)
Early/Lower Coniacian89.3 - 85.8Brazil D. sp. (140901)
Early/Lower Coniacian89.3 - 85.8India (Tamil Nadu) D. sugata (198605 198607)
Late/Upper Coniacian89.3 - 85.8France D. sugata (179219)
Late/Upper Coniacian - Santonian89.3 - 83.6Spain D. sp. (66969)
Santonian86.3 - 83.6Japan D. sp. (62210 62211 62214 62331 62335) D. sp., D. damesi (62212 62217)
Santonian86.3 - 83.6Japan (Hokkaido) D. semicostatus (94689)
Santonian86.3 - 83.6Russian Federation (Sakhalin) Kotoceras damesi (64588)
Early/Lower Santonian85.8 - 83.5Spain D. sp. (74454)
Early/Lower Santonian85.8 - 83.5Japan (Hokkaido) D. semicostatus (94682)
Early/Lower Santonian85.8 - 83.5Canada (British Columbia) D. sp. (127684)
Early/Lower Santonian85.8 - 83.5Japan (Sapporo) D. semicostatus (98848)
Early/Lower Santonian85.8 - 83.5France D. damesi (179252) D. sugata (179251) D. sugata, D. damesi (179250)
Late/Upper Santonian85.8 - 83.5Canada (British Columbia) D. sugata (210544 210549)
Late/Upper Santonian85.8 - 83.5South Africa D. compactus (82463)
Late/Upper Santonian85.8 - 83.5Austria D. compactus (178860)
Middle Santonian85.8 - 83.5Angola D. sugata (210904)
Campanian83.6 - 72.1Japan D. sp. (62233)
Campanian83.6 - 72.1Russian Federation (Sakhalin) Kotoceras damesi (64590)
Early/Lower Campanian83.5 - 70.6Japan (Hokkaido) D. damesi (94679)
Late/Upper Campanian83.5 - 70.6USA (Alaska) D. hetonaiensis (64020)
Late/Upper Campanian83.5 - 70.6USA (California) Neokotoceras fresnoense (86855)
Middle Campanian83.5 - 70.6Japan D. sp. (199734)
Maastrichtian72.1 - 66.0Russian Federation (Sakhalin) Kotoceras laeve (64608)
Early/Lower Maastrichtian70.6 - 66.0USA (California) D. hetonaiensis (86817 86854) D. hetonaiensis, Neokotoceras fresnoense (83776 86821)