Douvilleiceras

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Douvilleiceras
Temporal range: Barremian-Cenomanian (typically Albian)[1]
~125–89 Ma
Gasteropods - Ammonites - Douvilleiceras sp..JPG
Douvilleiceras sp. – Albian of Madagascar
Scientific classification
Kingdom:
Animalia
Phylum:
Mollusca
Class:
Cephalopoda
Subclass:
Ammonoidea
Order:
Ammonitida
Suborder:
Ancyloceratina
Family:
Douvilleiceratidae
Genus:
Douvilleiceras

Species

See text

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[]

  1. ^ Sepkoski, Jack (2002). "Sepkoski's Online Genus Database". Retrieved 2014-05-28.
  2. ^ a b Jsdammonites
  3. ^ a b Bertinjc
  4. ^ a b "Paleobiology Database - Douvilleiceras".
  5. ^ Jsdammonites.fr
  6. ^ a b 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.

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