Desmoceras Temporal range:
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Desmoceras sp. – Lower Cretaceous (Albian) from Mahajanga, Madagascar | |
Scientific classification
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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.
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 Temporal range:
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Desmoceras sp. – Lower Cretaceous (Albian) from Mahajanga, Madagascar | |
Scientific classification
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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.
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.