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Desmoceratinae
Taxonomy
Desmoceratinae was named by Zittel (1895).
It was assigned to Desmoceratidae by Wright (1952), Matsumoto (1959), Förster (1975), Cooper (1978), Cooper and Kennedy (1979), Summesberger (1980), Kennedy (1984), Wright and Kennedy (1984), Klinger (1985), Kennedy et al. (1988), Kennedy and Cobban (1990), Kennedy et al. (1992), Ward and Kennedy (1993), Kennedy (1994), Kennedy (1995), Kennedy (1995), Arkadiev et al. (2000), Kennedy (2005), Szives (2007), Kennedy and Latil (2007), Kennedy and Klinger (2013), Kennedy (2013), Kennedy (2018), Kennedy and Morris (2018), El Qot (2018), Gautam et al. (2019) and Yoshinaga et al. (2024).
It was assigned to Desmoceratidae by Wright (1952), Matsumoto (1959), Förster (1975), Cooper (1978), Cooper and Kennedy (1979), Summesberger (1980), Kennedy (1984), Wright and Kennedy (1984), Klinger (1985), Kennedy et al. (1988), Kennedy and Cobban (1990), Kennedy et al. (1992), Ward and Kennedy (1993), Kennedy (1994), Kennedy (1995), Kennedy (1995), Arkadiev et al. (2000), Kennedy (2005), Szives (2007), Kennedy and Latil (2007), Kennedy and Klinger (2013), Kennedy (2013), Kennedy (2018), Kennedy and Morris (2018), El Qot (2018), Gautam et al. (2019) and Yoshinaga et al. (2024).
Synonymy list
| Year | Name and author |
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| 1895 | Desmoceratinae Zittel |
| 1952 | Desmoceratinae Wright |
| 1959 | Desmoceratinae Matsumoto p. 6 |
| 1975 | Desmoceratinae Förster p. 215 |
| 1978 | Desmoceratinae Cooper p. 79 |
| 1979 | Desmoceratinae Cooper and Kennedy p. 237 |
| 1980 | Desmoceratinae Summesberger p. 278 |
| 1984 | Desmoceratinae Kennedy p. 30 |
| 1984 | Desmoceratinae Wright and Kennedy p. 61 |
| 1985 | Desmoceratinae Klinger p. 6 |
| 1988 | Desmoceratinae Kennedy et al. p. 35 |
| 1990 | Desmoceratinae Kennedy and Cobban p. 386 |
| 1992 | Desmoceratinae Kennedy et al. p. 268 |
| 1993 | Desmoceratinae Ward and Kennedy p. 23 |
| 1994 | Desmoceratinae Kennedy p. 219 |
| 1995 | Desmoceratinae Kennedy p. 241 |
| 2000 | Desmoceratinae Arkadiev et al. p. 107 |
| 2005 | Desmoceratinae Kennedy p. 355 |
| 2007 | Desmoceratinae Kennedy and Latil p. 458 |
| 2007 | Desmoceratinae Szives p. 56 |
| 2013 | Desmoceratinae Kennedy p. 632 |
| 2013 | Desmoceratinae Kennedy and Klinger p. 39 |
| 2018 | Desmoceratinae El Qot p. 155 |
| 2018 | Desmoceratinae Kennedy p. 672 |
| 2018 | Desmoceratinae Kennedy and Morris p. 90 |
| 2019 | Desmoceratinae Gautam et al. p. 20 |
| 2024 | Desmoceratinae Yoshinaga et al. p. 473 |
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If no rank is listed, the taxon is considered an unranked clade in modern classifications. Ranks may be repeated or presented in the wrong order because authors working on different parts of the classification may disagree about how to rank taxa.
Subfm. †Desmoceratinae Zittel 1895
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G. †Burckhardtites Humphrey 1949
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†Burckhardtites ehlersi Humphrey 1949
†Burckhardtites nazasensis Burckhardt 1925
G. †Damesites Matsumoto 1942
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†Damesites ainuanus Matsumoto 1957
†Damesites damesi Jimbo 1894
†Damesites damesi intermedius Matsumoto 1954
†Damesites hetonaiensis Matsumoto 1942
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Invalid names: Neokotoceras fresnoense Anderson 1958 [synonym]
†Damesites laticarinatus Saito and Matsumoto 1956
†Damesites semicostatus Matsumoto 1942
†Damesites sugata Forbes 1846
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Invalid names: Desmoceras compactum van Hoepen 1921 [synonym], Kotoceras frazierense Anderson 1958 [synonym], Kotoceras richardsoni Anderson 1958 [synonym], Kotoceras subsugatum Anderson 1958 [synonym]
Invalid names: Kotoceras Yabe 1927 [replaced], Neokotoceras Anderson 1958 [synonym]
G. †Desmoceras Zittel 1884
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Subg. †Desmoceras (Desmoceras) Zittel 1884
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†Desmoceras (Desmoceras) latidorsatum Michelin 1838
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†Desmoceras (Desmoceras) latidorsatum lemoinei Collignon 1928
†Desmoceras (Desmoceras) latidorsatum perinflatum Cooper and Kennedy 1979
Invalid names: Ammonites selliguinus Brongniart 1822 [synonym]
†Desmoceras (Desmoceras) latidorsatum complanatum Jacob 1907
Subg. †Desmoceras (Pseudouhligella) Matsumoto 1938
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†Desmoceras (Pseudoughligella) bearskinense McLearn 1972
†Desmoceras (Pseudoughligella) dawsoni Whiteaves 1900
†Desmoceras (Pseudoughligella) subezoanum McLearn 1972
†Desmoceras (Pseudouhligella) alamoense Anderson 1958
†Desmoceras (Pseudouhligella) argonauticum Anderson 1958
†Desmoceras (Pseudouhligella) barryae Anderson 1958
†Desmoceras (Pseudouhligella) bearskinense McLearn 1972
†Desmoceras (Pseudouhligella) calabarense Reyment 1955
†Desmoceras (Pseudouhligella) ezoanum Matsumoto 1941
†Desmoceras (Pseudouhligella) intrapunctatum Keupp 2008
†Desmoceras (Pseudouhligella) japonicum Yabe 1904
†Desmoceras (Pseudouhligella) poronaicum Yabe 1904
†Desmoceras (Pseudouhligella) shikokuense Yabe and Shimizu 1927
†Desmoceras (Pseudouhligella) vetus Murphy and Rodda 1959
†Desmoceras chimuense Benavides-Caceres 1956
†Desmoceras hoffmanni Gabb 1864
†Desmoceras inane Stoliczka 1865
†Desmoceras kossmati Matsumoto 1942
†Desmoceras planorbiforme Böhm 1891
†Desmoceras pseudinane Shimizu 1935
†Desmoceras voyi Anderson 1902
Invalid names: Eodesmoceras Spath 1923 [synonym], Latidorsella Jacob 1907 [synonym], Lunatodorsella Breistroffer 1947 [synonym], Phyllodesmoceras Spath 1925 [synonym]
G. †Desmophyllites Spath 1829
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†Desmophyllites diphylloides Forbes 1846
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Invalid names: Ammonites selwynianus Whiteaves 1879 [synonym], Desmoceras crassum Van Hoepen 1921 [synonym], Desmoceras phyllimorphum Kossmat 1898 [synonym], Desmoceras salsense de Grossouvre 1901 [synonym], Desmoceras simplex Van Hoepen 1921 [synonym], Desmophyllites siskiyouensis Anderson 1958 [synonym], Desmophyllites yoloensis Anderson 1958 [synonym], Schlueteria woodsi Spath 1921 [synonym]
†Desmophyllites larteti Seunes 1891
Invalid names: Schlueteria de Grossouvre 1894 [replaced], Schluetericeras Collignon 1938 [synonym], Schluteria de Grossouvre 1894 [replaced]
G. †Microdesmoceras Matsumoto 1972
G. †Moremanoceras Cobban 1972
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†Moremanoceras costatum Cobban et al. 1989
†Moremanoceras elgini Young 1958
†Moremanoceras flexuosum Kennedy 2005
†Moremanoceras montanaense Kennedy and Cobban 1990
†Moremanoceras scotti Moreman 1942
†Moremanoceras straini Kennedy et al. 1988
G. †Onitshoceras Reyment 1954
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†Onitshoceras matsumotoi Reyment 1954
†Onitshoceras ponsianum de Grossouvre 1894
Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
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Age range: base of the Barremian to the top of the Early/Lower Maastrichtian or 129.40000 to 66.00000 Ma
Collections (431 total)
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| Time interval | Ma | Country or state | Original ID and collection number |
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| Early/Lower Cretaceous | Canada (British Columbia) | Desmoceras sp. (235329) | |
| Late/Upper Barremian | Italy | Desmoceras sp. (71828) | |
| Barremian - Aptian | Mexico (Durango) | Desmoceras sp. (87621) | |
| Barremian - Aptian | Mexico (Zacatecas) | Desmoceras sp. (87622) | |
| Aptian | Mexico | Burckhardtites nazasensis (87926) | |
| Aptian | Mexico (Sonora) | Burckhardites sp. (82136 82137) | |
| Late/Upper Aptian | Mexico (Coahuila de Zaragoza) | Burckhardtites sp. (89547) | |
| Late/Upper Aptian | Venezuela (Monagas) | Burckhardtites sp. (87921) | |
| Late/Upper Aptian | Hungary | Desmoceras sp., Desmoceras latidorsatum (226273) | |
| Late/Upper Aptian | Venezuela (Sucre) | Burckhardtites nazasensis (87916) | |
Youngest occurrences |
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| Time interval | Ma | Country or state | PBDB collection number |
| Late/Upper Campanian - Maastrichtian | USA (Alaska) | Desmophyllites phyllimorphum (88816) | |
| Middle Campanian - Early/Lower Maastrichtian | Peru (Amazonas) | Desmophyllites sp. (51672) | |
| Maastrichtian | Australia (Western Australia) | Desmophyllites diphylloides (83845 83850 83851 83852 83853 83855 83857 83862 157777 157778 157781 157784 157785 157789 157792) | |
| Maastrichtian | Russian Federation (Sakhalin) | Kotoceras laeve (64608) | |
| Early/Lower Maastrichtian | USA (California) | Damesites hetonaiensis (86817 86854) Desmophyllites sp. (225918) Neokotoceras fresnoense, Damesites hetonaiensis (83776 86821) | |
| Early/Lower Maastrichtian | Austria (Lower Austria) | Desmophyllites larteti (226428) | |
| Late/Upper Maastrichtian | Oman | Desmophyllites diphylloides (175462) | |
| Late/Upper Maastrichtian | France | Desmoceras larteti (165598) | |
| Late/Upper Maastrichtian | India | Ammonites diphylloides (41428) | |
| Late/Upper Maastrichtian | South Africa | Desmophyllites diphylloides (166277) | |