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Desmophyllites

Cephalopoda - Ammonitida - Desmoceratidae

Synonyms
Synonymy list
YearName and author
1829Desmophyllites Spath
1894Schlueteria de Grossouvre p. 126
1938Schluetericeras Collignon p. 92
1959Desmophyllites Matsumoto p. 8
1984Desmophyllites Matsumoto p. 12
1985Desmophyllites Klinger p. 6
1992Desmophyllites Kennedy et al. p. 268
1993Desmophyllites Ward and Kennedy p. 23
1995Desmophyllites Kennedy p. 241
1999Desmophyllites Kennedy and Summesberger p. 24
2000Desmophyllites Arkadiev et al. p. 108
2002Desmophyllites Sepkoski
2013Desmophyllites Ifrim et al. p. 885
2013Desmophyllites Kennedy and Klinger p. 42
2016Desmophyllites Shigeta p. 335
2018Desmophyllites 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
genusDesmophyllitesSpath 1829

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. †Desmophyllites Spath 1829
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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]
†Desmophyllites larteti Seunes 1891
Invalid names: Schlueteria de Grossouvre 1894 [replaced], Schluetericeras Collignon 1938 [synonym], Schluteria de Grossouvre 1894 [replaced]
Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
partNmeanminimummaximummedians.d.
shell height3017.95.0062.017.814.8
shell diameter3034.19.80113.035.027.3
shell inflation302.480.3008.002.502.13

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 Late/Upper Albian to the top of the Early/Lower Maastrichtian or 105.30000 to 66.00000 Ma

Collections (75 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Albian113.0 - 100.5USA (California) Desmoceras selwynianum (176021)
Late/Upper Albian105.3 - 99.6USA (California) D. sp. (216400)
Late/Upper Cenomanian99.6 - 93.5Russian Federation (Sakhalin) D. japonicus (64564)
Turonian - Coniacian93.9 - 86.3Peru D. ellsworthi (88671)
Late/Upper Turonian93.5 - 89.3Brazil (Sergipe) D. sp. (143566)
Coniacian89.8 - 86.3USA (California) D. siskiyouensis (44233 44271 158090) D. sp. (44236) D. yoloensis (44239)
Santonian86.3 - 83.6USA (California) D. yoloensis (44238)
Santonian86.3 - 83.6South Africa D. diphylloides (66070)
Late/Upper Santonian85.8 - 83.5South Africa D. diphylloides (82520)
Late/Upper Santonian85.8 - 83.5France D. diphylloides (179115 179223)
Middle Santonian85.8 - 83.5France D. diphylloides (179249)
Campanian83.6 - 72.1USA (Washington) D. diphylloides (86868)
Campanian83.6 - 72.1USA (California) D. diphylloides (86809) D. sp. (224992)
Campanian83.6 - 72.1USA (Alaska) D. phyllimorphum (88820)
Early/Lower Campanian83.5 - 70.6Cameroon D. diphylloides (209676)
Early/Lower Campanian83.5 - 70.6Mexico (Coahuila) D. diphylloides (171307)
Early/Lower Campanian83.5 - 70.6Germany D. sp. (36814)
Late/Upper Campanian83.5 - 70.6Angola D. diphylloides (88883)
Late/Upper Campanian83.5 - 70.6Japan D. diphylloides (181919 181925 181930)
Late/Upper Campanian83.5 - 70.6USA (Alaska) D. phyllimorphum (63935 88816 158227)
Late/Upper Campanian83.5 - 70.6Ukraine D. diphylloides (183317)
Late/Upper Campanian83.5 - 70.6USA (California) D. diphylloides (185168 224993 225635 225636) D. siskiyouensis, D. yoloensis (86819)
Late/Upper Campanian83.5 - 70.6France (Landes) D. larteti (38811 213865 213875 213895 214097)
Late/Upper Campanian83.5 - 70.6France D. diphylloides (82291)
Late/Upper Campanian83.5 - 70.6Austria D. larteti (48008)
Late/Upper Campanian83.5 - 70.6USA (Arkansas) D. diphylloides (83054 83094)
Middle Campanian83.5 - 70.6Japan D. diphylloides (181920 181922 199734 199735 199736 199737 199739)
Late/Upper Campanian - Early/Lower Maastrichtian83.5 - 66.0USA (California) D. sp., D. siskiyouensis, D. selwynianus (44268)
Middle Campanian - Early/Lower Maastrichtian83.5 - 66.0Peru (Amazonas) D. sp. (51672)
Maastrichtian72.1 - 66.0Australia (Western Australia) D. diphylloides (83845 83850 83851 83852 83853 83855 83857 83862 157777 157778 157781 157784 157785 157789 157792)
Early/Lower Maastrichtian70.6 - 66.0USA (California) D. sp. (225918)
Early/Lower Maastrichtian70.6 - 66.0Austria (Lower Austria) D. larteti (226428)
Late/Upper Maastrichtian70.6 - 66.0South Africa D. diphylloides (166277)
Late/Upper Maastrichtian70.6 - 66.0India Ammonites diphylloides (41428)
Late/Upper Maastrichtian70.6 - 66.0France Desmoceras larteti (165598)
Late/Upper Maastrichtian70.6 - 66.0Oman D. diphylloides (175462)