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.
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| Genus: | Douvilleiceras Grossouvre, 1894
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Description
editShells of Douvilleiceras inaequinodum can reach a diameter of about 8–10 cm (3.1–3.9 in).[2][3]
Species
editSpecies within the genus Douvilleiceras include:[4]
Distribution
editFossils 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
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D. clementium -
D. mammillatum -
D. inaequinodum -
Reconstruction of D. mammillatum with Hoplites dentatus
References
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- ^ 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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