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Desmoceras

Cephalopoda - Ammonitida - Desmoceratidae

Synonyms
Synonymy list
YearName and author
1884Desmoceras Zittel
1895Desmoceras Stanton p. 75
1923Eodesmoceras Spath
1925Phyllodesmoceras Spath
1928Desmoceras Whitehouse p. 200
1947Lunatodorsella Breistroffer p. 76
1955Desmoceras Reyment p. 17
1956Desmoceras Benavides-Caceres p. 438
1959Desmoceras Matsumoto p. 6
1972Desmoceras Cobban p. 5
1975Desmoceras Förster p. 215
1978Desmoceras Cooper p. 79
1979Desmoceras Cooper and Kennedy p. 237
1984Desmoceras Wright and Kennedy p. 61
1988Desmoceras Kennedy et al. p. 36
1990Desmoceras Henderson p. 111
1993Desmoceras Matsumoto and Skwarko p. 418
1994Desmoceras Kennedy p. 219
1996Desmoceras Wright et al. p. 82
2000Desmoceras Arkadiev et al. p. 107
2002Desmoceras Sepkoski
2002Eodesmoceras Sepkoski
2007Desmoceras Kennedy and Latil p. 458
2007Desmoceras Szives p. 56
2013Desmoceras Kennedy p. 632
2013Desmoceras Kennedy and Klinger p. 39
2018Desmoceras El Qot p. 155
2018Desmoceras Kennedy and Morris p. 90
2019Desmoceras Gautam et al. p. 20

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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
genusDesmocerasZittel 1884

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. †Desmoceras Zittel 1884
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Desmoceras chimuense Benavides-Caceres 1956
Desmoceras hoffmanni Gabb 1864
Desmoceras inane Stoliczka 1865
Desmoceras kossmati Matsumoto 1942
Desmoceras pseudinane Shimizu 1935
Desmoceras voyi Anderson 1902
Invalid names: Eodesmoceras Spath 1923 [synonym], Latidorsella Jacob 1907 [synonym], Lunatodorsella Breistroffer 1947 [synonym], Phyllodesmoceras Spath 1925 [synonym]
Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
partNmeanminimummaximummedians.d.
shell height924.37.5054.526.017.4
shell diameter948.814.0117.052.637.3
shell inflation98.442.5028.010.28.75

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 Barremian to the top of the Late/Upper Campanian or 129.40000 to 70.60000 Ma

Collections (240 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Late/Upper Barremian130.0 - 125.45Italy D. sp. (71828)
Barremian - Aptian129.4 - 113.0Mexico (Zacatecas) D. sp. (87622)
Barremian - Aptian129.4 - 113.0Mexico (Durango) D. sp. (87621)
Late/Upper Aptian122.46 - 112.03Hungary D. sp., D. latidorsatum (226273)
Late/Upper Aptian - Early/Lower Albian122.46 - 109.0USA (California) D. merriami (225527)
Albian113.0 - 100.5Japan D. kossmanti (122346)
Albian113.0 - 100.5Canada (British Columbia) D. alamoense (87475 87481 87486 87487 87492 87496 87678 87681 87687) D. bearskinense (87477) D. bearskinense, D. alamoense (87476) D. dawsoni (87479 87488) D. dawsoni, D. bearskinense (87478 87490) D. dawsoni, D. bearskinense, D. alamoense (87482) D. japonicum (87505) D. sp. (87684) D. subezoanum, D. japonicum (87506)
Albian113.0 - 100.5Egypt Puzosia latidorsata (171299)
Albian113.0 - 100.5USA (Alaska) D. sp. (38516)
Albian113.0 - 100.5Madagascar D. latidorsatum (98227 98228 98229 98234 98244) D. latidorsatum, Lunatodorsella chirichensis (98268) D. planulatum (98249) Latidorsella latidorsata (98264)
Albian113.0 - 100.5Madagascar (Mahajanga) D. latidorsatum (86497)
Albian113.0 - 100.5USA (California) D. merriami (216096 216375 216376 216377 216378) D. voyi (44206)
Albian113.0 - 100.5USA (Oregon) D. latidorsatum, D. alamoense (229463)
Early/Lower Albian112.03 - 109.0South Africa D. latidorsatum (177183)
Early/Lower Albian112.03 - 109.0Madagascar D. latidorsatum (98226 98266)
Early/Lower Albian112.03 - 109.0Mexico (Coahuila de Zaragoza) Latidorsella latidorsata (88253)
Early/Lower Albian112.03 - 109.0USA (California) D. latidorsatum (214414 216423) D. selwynianum (176021)
Early/Lower Albian112.03 - 109.0Peru (Cajamarca) D. sp. (88520)
Early/Lower Albian112.03 - 109.0Canada (British Columbia) D. alamoense (87501)
Early/Lower Albian112.03 - 109.0Colombia D. latidorsatum (67346 67347 67349 67350 67357 67358 67359 67364 67365) D. sp. (67361 67362 67371 67372)
Early/Lower Albian112.03 - 109.0Peru D. chimuense (88182 158985)
Early/Lower Albian112.03 - 109.0France D. latidorsatum (56521 56561 58123)
Early/Lower Albian112.03 - 109.0Egypt D. latidorsatum (191700)
Early/Lower Albian - Middle Albian112.03 - 105.3France D. latidorsatum (13499 56845)
Early/Lower Albian - Late/Upper Albian112.03 - 99.6France D. latidorsatum (57922 58861)
Middle Albian109.0 - 105.3France D. inflatum, D. latidorsatum, D. complanatum (233804 233805) D. latidorsatum (56529 56540 56664 58422 58933)
Middle Albian109.0 - 105.3Venezuela D. latidorsatum (87946)
Middle Albian109.0 - 105.3Peru D. latidorsatum (88174)
Middle Albian109.0 - 105.3Madagascar D. collignoni (98218) D. latidorsatum (98232)
Middle Albian109.0 - 105.3Canada (Nunavut) D. sp. (87625 87626)
Middle Albian109.0 - 105.3Madagascar (Mahajanga) D. collignoni (86503)
Middle Albian - Late/Upper Albian109.0 - 99.6Switzerland D. sp. (197618)
Late/Upper Albian105.3 - 99.6USA (California) Beudanticeras alamoense, Beudanticeras argonauticum (86818) D. argonauticum (1784) D. dawsoni (225648 225670 225674) D. sp. (216400) Desmophyllites sp. (216392)
Late/Upper Albian105.3 - 99.6Australia (Northern Territory) D. latidorsatum (70245)
Late/Upper Albian105.3 - 99.6France D. latidorsatum (56523 56552 56554 56680 57941 58122 58125 58359 58431 58527 58533 58560 58878 58885 174465 174466 174479 174485 174487)
Late/Upper Albian105.3 - 99.6Venezuela (Lara) D. latidorsatum (87953)
Late/Upper Albian105.3 - 99.6Mozambique D. latidorsatum (174832)
Late/Upper Albian105.3 - 99.6Japan D. dawsoni (86980) D. kossmanti (122277)
Late/Upper Albian105.3 - 99.6India D. latidorsatum (201887) D. poronaicum (201884)
Late/Upper Albian105.3 - 99.6Ukraine D. latidorsatum, D. inane (183295)
Late/Upper Albian105.3 - 99.6Madagascar (Mahajanga) D. latidorsatum (98220 98221)
Late/Upper Albian105.3 - 99.6South Africa D. latidorsatum (66021 177455)
Late/Upper Albian105.3 - 99.6Canada (British Columbia) D. bearskinense (126235) D. dawsoni (87695 87712 87713 87718) D. dawsoni, D. subezoanum (87690 87691 87714 87720) D. sp. (87717) D. sp., D. dawsoni, D. subezoanum (87715) D. subezoanum (87716)
Late/Upper Albian105.3 - 99.6USA (Alaska) D. sp. (88619)
Late/Upper Albian105.3 - 99.6Angola D. latidorsatum (210730 210731 232170 232171)
Late/Upper Albian105.3 - 99.6Austria D. latidorsatum (232173)
Late/Upper Albian105.3 - 99.6Egypt D. latidorsatum (98327)
Late/Upper Albian105.3 - 99.6Mexico (Sonora) D. vetus (191941)
Late/Upper Albian - Early/Lower Cenomanian105.3 - 93.5USA (California) D. barryae (83772) D. kossmati (224969)
Cenomanian100.5 - 93.9Nigeria D. latedorsatum (210264)
Cenomanian100.5 - 93.9USA (California) Beudanticeras alamoense (44203) D. inane (44197 83773) D. sp. (185730)
Cenomanian100.5 - 93.9Canada (British Columbia) D. ezoanum (88117)
Cenomanian100.5 - 93.9India D. latidorsatum (217151 217156 217157) D. sp. (217158 217160)
Cenomanian100.5 - 93.9Japan D. japonicum (87018)
Cenomanian100.5 - 93.9Germany D. latidorsatum (66779)
Cenomanian100.5 - 93.9Antarctica D. latidorsatum (83561) Pseudouhligella sp., D. latidorsatum (83367)
Cenomanian100.5 - 93.9South Africa D. latidorsatum (66023)
Cenomanian100.5 - 93.9USA (Texas) D. sp. (6595)
Cenomanian100.5 - 93.9France D. latidorsatum (58935)
Cenomanian100.5 - 93.9USA (Alaska) D. japonicum (88621 88622 88913 88936 88937) D. sp. (88910 88914 88916)
Early/Lower Cenomanian99.6 - 93.5France D. latidorsatum (13500)
Early/Lower Cenomanian99.6 - 93.5Russian Federation D. japonicum (169546)
Early/Lower Cenomanian99.6 - 93.5USA (Texas) Pseudouhligella sp. (88747)
Early/Lower Cenomanian99.6 - 93.5Turkmenistan D. latidorsatum (183308)
Early/Lower Cenomanian99.6 - 93.5Tunisia Puzosia paronae (178213)
Early/Lower Cenomanian99.6 - 93.5USA (California) D. alamoense, D. argonauticum (1788) D. argonauticum (1786 1787 1789) D. barryae (1791 1792 1798 1801 1802) D. inane (44208) D. japonicum, D. barryae (1810)
Early/Lower Cenomanian99.6 - 93.5United Kingdom (England) D. spp. (230775)
Early/Lower Cenomanian99.6 - 93.5Japan D. kossmanti (123152) D. kossmati (4875 86983) D. latidorsatum (86984)
Early/Lower Cenomanian99.6 - 93.5Japan (Hokkaido) D. ezoanum (62649) D. ezoanum, D. poronaicum (70535) D. japonicum (70530) D. poronaicum (70536) D. spp., D. dawsoni, D. japonicum, D. poronaicum, D. kossmati (62650 62651) D. spp., D. ezoanum, D. poronaicum, D. kossmati (70537) D. spp., D. japonicum (62633)
Early/Lower Cenomanian99.6 - 93.5Tanzania D. latidorsatum (193269)
Early/Lower Cenomanian99.6 - 93.5France (Normandie) D. latidorsatum (230776)
Early/Lower Cenomanian99.6 - 93.5Angola D. latidorsatum (70936 70937 70938 70944 70945)
Early/Lower Cenomanian99.6 - 93.5Nigeria D. calabarense (210265) D. sp. (69631)
Early/Lower Cenomanian99.6 - 93.5Brazil D. sp. (140837)
Early/Lower Cenomanian99.6 - 93.5Mexico (Zacatecas) D. austeni (87607)
Early/Lower Cenomanian99.6 - 93.5Madagascar D. latidorsatum (174322)
Early/Lower Cenomanian99.6 - 93.5Canada (British Columbia) D. japoncium, D. sp. (87692) D. japonicum (87696)
Early/Lower Cenomanian - Middle Cenomanian99.6 - 93.5France D. latidorsatum (58626 58883)
Late/Upper Cenomanian99.6 - 93.5Angola D. eozanum (175545)
Late/Upper Cenomanian99.6 - 93.5Russian Federation (Sakhalin) D. pseudinane (64557)
Late/Upper Cenomanian99.6 - 93.5USA (California) D. inane (185727)
Late/Upper Cenomanian99.6 - 93.5Russian Federation D. kossmati (84222)
Late/Upper Cenomanian99.6 - 93.5Venezuela (Lara) D. chimuense (87993)
Late/Upper Cenomanian99.6 - 93.5Japan (Hokkaido) D. japonicum (94684)
Middle Cenomanian99.6 - 93.5Papua New Guinea D. ezoanum (174846)
Middle Cenomanian99.6 - 93.5USA (New Mexico) D. sp. (178790)
Middle Cenomanian99.6 - 93.5Nigeria D. sp. (69628 69629 69630)
Middle Cenomanian99.6 - 93.5Turkmenistan D. latidorsatum (183307)
Middle Cenomanian99.6 - 93.5France D. latidorsatum (82843)
Middle Cenomanian99.6 - 93.5USA (California) D. japonicum (224960)
Middle Cenomanian - Late/Upper Cenomanian99.6 - 93.5Antarctica D. sp., Pseudouhligella sp. (106266)
Turonian - Coniacian93.9 - 86.3USA (Alaska) D. japonicum (88938) D. sp. (88934)
Early/Lower Turonian93.5 - 89.3Russian Federation D. japonicum (84218)
Late/Upper Campanian83.5 - 70.6Germany D. planorbiforme (221859)