Douvilleiceras
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Douvilleiceras sp. – Albian of Madagascar | |
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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]
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". Retrieved 2014-05-28.
- ^ a b Jsdammonites
- ^ a b Bertinjc
- ^ a b "Paleobiology Database - Douvilleiceras".
- ^ Jsdammonites.fr
- ^ a b Acosta & Garay, 2002, p.42
Bibliography[]
- Mapa Geológico del Departamento de Cundinamarca - 1:250,000 - Memoria explicativa, 1–108. INGEOMINAS. Accessed 2017-06-05. , and . 2002.
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
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- Ammonitida genera
- Ancyloceratina
- Cretaceous ammonites
- Ammonites of Africa
- Ammonites of Asia
- Ammonites of Europe
- Early Cretaceous ammonites of North America
- Cretaceous Canada
- Fossils of British Columbia
- Cretaceous Mexico
- Fossils of Mexico
- Cretaceous United States
- Ammonites of South America
- Cretaceous Brazil
- Fossils of Brazil
- Cretaceous Colombia
- Fossils of Colombia
- Cretaceous Peru
- Fossils of Peru
- Albian life
- Fossil taxa described in 1894
- Ammonitida stubs
- Cretaceous animal stubs