Biology:Desmoceras

Short description: Genus of molluscs (fossil)

Desmoceras Temporal range: Albian PreЄ Є O S D C P T J K Pg N
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), 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

External links

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

Wikidata ☰ Q5264623 entry