Biology:Desmoceras
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Short description: Genus of molluscs (fossil)
Desmoceras | |
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Desmoceras sp. – Lower Cretaceous (Albian) from Mahajanga, Madagascar | |
Scientific classification ![]() | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
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),[1] Egypt, France , Germany , Italy, Japan , Madagascar (Mahajanga Province), Mexico, Morocco, Nigeria, Peru, Russia , United Kingdom , United States and Venezuela.
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References
External links
Wikidata ☰ Q5264623 entry
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