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Desmoceras (Desmoceras) ✝

Source Data
SourceIDLink
Global Biodiversity Information Facility ID (GBIF)Not linked to a GBIF record.
PaleoBioDB ID (PBDB)130497https://paleobiodb.org/classic/checkTaxonInfo?taxon_no=130497
Ranksubgenus (PBDB)
Taxonomy (PBDB)Life : Animalia : Mollusca : Cephalopoda : Ammonitida : Desmoceratidae : Desmoceras : Desmoceras (Desmoceras)
Classification
(PBDB,GBIF)
RankNameAuthor
-Eukaryota
-OpisthokontaCavalier-Smith 1987
kingdomAnimalia
-Bilateria
-EubilateriaAx 1987
-ProtostomiaGrobben 1908
-Spiralia
superphylumLophotrochozoa
phylumMolluscaLinnaeus 1758
classCephalopodaCuvier 1797
subclassAmmonoidea
orderAmmonitidaHyatt 1889
suborderAmmonitinaHyatt 1889
superfamilyDesmoceratoidea
familyDesmoceratidaeZittel 1895
subfamilyDesmoceratinaeZittel 1895
genusDesmocerasZittel 1884
subgenusDesmoceras (Desmoceras)Zittel 1884
Opinions (PBDB)
NameRankOpinionEvidenceAuthor
Desmoceras (Desmoceras)subgenusbelongs to Desmocerasstated with evidenceFörster, 1975
Status (PBDB)extinct
Taxon Size (PBDB)3
First Recorded Appearance113 - 109 Ma
Early/Lower Cretaceous
Last Recorded Appearance99.6 - 93.5 Ma
Late/Upper Cretaceous
Motilityfast-moving (based on Ammonoidea)
Visionwell-developed (based on Cephalopoda)
Dietcarnivore (based on Ammonoidea)
Taphonomyaragonite (based on Ammonoidea)
Primary Reference (PBDB)W. J. Kennedy. 1994. Cenomanian ammonites from Cassis, Bouches-du-Rhone, France. Palaeopelagos Special Publication 1:209-254

Fossil Distribution

Subtaxa

NameStatusCommon Name(s)Fossil OccurrencesOldestYoungest
Desmoceras (Desmoceras) latidorsatum ✝
species		listed (PBDB)91113 Ma
Early/Lower Cretaceous		99.6 Ma
Late/Upper Cretaceous

Synonymy List

YearName and Author
1884Desmoceras (Desmoceras) Zittel
1975Desmoceras (Desmoceras) Förster p. 215
1984Desmoceras (Desmoceras) Wright and Kennedy p. 61
1990Desmoceras (Desmoceras) Henderson p. 111
1994Desmoceras (Desmoceras) Kennedy p. 219
1996Desmoceras (Desmoceras) Wright et al. p. 82
YearName and Author
2007Desmoceras (Desmoceras) Kennedy and Latil p. 458
2013Desmoceras (Desmoceras) Kennedy p. 632
2013Desmoceras (Desmoceras) Kennedy and Klinger p. 39
2018Desmoceras (Desmoceras) El Qot p. 155
2018Desmoceras (Desmoceras) Kennedy and Morris p. 90
2019Desmoceras (Desmoceras) Gautam et al. p. 20

References

Kennedy W. J. (1994) Cenomanian ammonites from Cassis, Bouches-du-Rhone, France, Palaeopelagos Special Publication 1, 209-254
Förster R. (1975) Die geologische Entwicklung von Süd-Mozambique seit der Unterkreide und die Ammoniten-Fauna von Unterkreide und Cenoman, Geologisches Jahrbuch, Reihe B 12, 3-324
Wright C. W., Kennedy W. J. (1984) The Ammonoidea of the Lower Chalk, Monograph of the Palaeontographical Society, 1-126
Henderson R. A. (1990) Late Albian ammonites from the Northern Territory, Australia, Alcheringa 14, 109-148
Wright C. W., Calloman J. H., et al (1996) Cretaceous Ammonoidea, Treatise on Invertebrate Paleontology L 4, 1-362
Kennedy W. J., Latil J. L. (2007) The Upper Albian ammonite succession in the Montlaux section, Hautes-Alpes, France, Acta Geologica Polonica 57 4, 453-478
Kennedy W. J. (2013) Systematic palaeontology, in Lower and Middle Cenomanian ammonites from the Morondava Basin, Madagascar, Acta Geologica Polonica 63, 625-655
Kennedy W. J., Klinger H. C. (2013) Cretaceous faunas from Zululand and Natal, South Africa. The ammonite subfamily Desmoceratinae Zittel, 1895, African Natural History 9, 39-54
El Qot G. M. (2018) Aptian-early Cenomanian ammonites from north Sinai, Egypt: systematic paleontology and biostratigraphy, Cretaceous Research 85, 142-171
Kennedy W. J., Morris N. J. (2018) An early Cenomanian ammonite fauna from near Lindi, Tanzania, Cretaceous Research 87, 84-101
Gautam J. P., Pandey B., et al (2019) Late Albian ammonites from the Cauvery Basin, south India, Cretaceous Research 102, 12-29
Data courtesy of: PBDB: The Paleobiology Database, Creative Commons CC-BY licenced. , GBIF: the Global Biodiversity Information Facility, various licences, iDigBio, various licences, and EOL: The Encyclopedia of Life (Open Data Public Domain). Because fossils are made of minerals too!
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