Desmoceras

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.

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

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.

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