Desmoceras

Desmoceras Temporal range: Albian PreꞒ Ꞓ O S D C P T J K Pg N
Desmoceras sp. – Lower Cretaceous (Albian) from Mahajanga, Madagascar
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Mollusca
Class:	Cephalopoda
Subclass:	†Ammonoidea
Order:	†Ammonitida
Family:	†Desmoceratidae
Subfamily:	†Desmoceratinae
Genus:	†Desmoceras Zittel, 1884

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.

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), Egypt, France, Germany, Italy, Japan, Madagascar (Mahajanga Province), Mexico, Morocco, Nigeria, Peru, Russia, United Kingdom, United States and Venezuela.

Gallery

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  Desmoceras latidorsatum. Salzburg, Haus der Natur
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  Desmoceras carolense, Bathurst Island, Australia
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  Desmoceras sp., Lower Cretaceous (Aptian). Russia, Goryachy Klyuch, The Museum of I. D. Popko

References

External links

• Sepkoski, Jack Sepkoski's Online Genus Database – Cephalopoda
• Paleobiology Database

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