Biology:Douvilleiceras
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| Genus: | Douvilleiceras Grossouvre, 1894
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Douvilleiceras is a genus of ammonites from the Middle to Late Cretaceous. Its fossils have been found worldwide, in Africa, Asia, Europe, and North and South America.
Description
Shells of Douvilleiceras inaequinodum can reach a diameter of about 8–10 cm (3.1–3.9 in).[2][3]
Species
Species within the genus Douvilleiceras include:[4]
- D. clementium
- D. inaequinodum (Quenstedt, 1849)[5]
- D. mamillare
- D. mammillatum (Schlotheim, 1813)
- D. meyendorffi
- D. monile (Sowerby, 1836)
- D. muralense Stoyanow 1949
- D. offarcinatum
- D. orbignyi Hyatt, 1903
- D. scabrosum
- D. solitae[6]
- D. spiniferum (Whiteaves, 1876)
Distribution
Fossils of Douvilleiceras are found in the Cretaceous of Angola, Brazil, Canada, Colombia (Capotes Formation, Cundinamarca),[6] the Dominican Republic, Egypt, France, Iran, Japan, Madagascar, Mexico, Peru, South Africa, Switzerland, the former USSR, the United Kingdom, Alaska and Texas.[4] D. inaequinodum fossils have been found in Albian strata of France.[2][3]
Gallery
D. clementium
D. mammillatum
D. inaequinodum
Reconstruction of D. mammillatum with Hoplites dentatus
References
- ↑ Sepkoski, Jack (2002). "Sepkoski's Online Genus Database". http://strata.geology.wisc.edu/jack/showgenera.php?taxon=231&rank=class. Retrieved 2014-05-28.
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 Jsdammonites
- ↑ 3.0 3.1 Bertinjc
- ↑ 4.0 4.1 "Paleobiology Database - Douvilleiceras". http://www.fossilworks.org/cgi-bin/bridge.pl?a=taxonInfo&taxon_no=14797.
- ↑ Jsdammonites.fr
- ↑ 6.0 6.1 Acosta & Garay, 2002, p.42
Bibliography
- Acosta Garay, Jorge E., and Carlos E. Ulloa Melo. 2002. Mapa Geológico del Departamento de Cundinamarca - 1:250,000 - Memoria explicativa, 1–108. INGEOMINAS. Accessed 2017-06-05.
Further reading
- A Pictorial Guide to Fossils by Gerard Ramon Case
- Tzankov, V., 1963: Sur la presence d'Albien moyenzone des Douvilleiceras inaequinodum dans la region de Sviatov. Review of the Bulgarian Geological Society, 23: 213-215
External links
Wikidata ☰ Q3714668 entry
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