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
[edit]Shells of Douvilleiceras inaequinodum can reach a diameter of about 8–10 cm (3.1–3.9 in).[2][3]
Species
[edit]Species within the genus Douvilleiceras include:[4]
Distribution
[edit]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
[edit]- D. clementium
- D. mammillatum
- D. inaequinodum
- Reconstruction of D. mammillatum with Hoplites dentatus
References
[edit]- ^ 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
[edit]- Acosta Garay, Jorge E.; Ulloa Melo, Carlos E. (2002), Mapa Geológico del Departamento de Cundinamarca - 1:250,000 - Memoria explicativa, INGEOMINAS, pp. 1–108, retrieved 2017-06-05
Further reading
[edit]- 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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