Desmoceras

Desmoceras is a genus of ammonites belonging to the family Desmoceratidae. These cephalopods were fast-moving nektonic carnivores. They lived in the Early Cretaceous; Albian epoch.

Desmoceras
Temporal range: Albian
Desmoceras sp. – Lower Cretaceous (Albian) from Mahajanga, Madagascar
Scientific classification
Kingdom:
Animalia
Class:
Cephalopoda
Subclass:
†Ammonoidea
Order:
†Ammonitida
Family:
Desmoceratidae
Subfamily:
Desmoceratinae
Genus:
†Desmoceras

Zittel, 1884

Species
  • Desmoceras alamoense
  • Desmoceras argonauticum
  • Desmoceras austeni
  • Desmoceras barryae
  • Desmoceras chimuense
  • Desmoceras ezoanum
  • Desmoceras inane
  • Desmoceras latidorsatum
  • Desmoceras pseudinane
  • Desmoceras pseudouhligella
  • Desmoceras uhligella

Distribution

Cretaceous of Angola, Antarctica, Australia, Canada, Colombia (Hiló Formation),[1] Egypt, France, Germany, Italy, Japan, Madagascar (Mahajanga Province), Mexico, Morocco, Nigeria, Peru, Russia, United Kingdom, United States and Venezuela.

  • Desmoceras latidorsatum. Salzburg, Haus der Natur
  • Desmoceras carolense, Bathurst Island, Australia
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References
  1. Desmoceras latidorsatum - Fossilworks


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