Douvilleiceras

Superregnum: Eukaryota
Cladus: Unikonta
Cladus: Opisthokonta
Cladus: Holozoa
Regnum: Animalia
Subregnum: Eumetazoa
Cladus: Bilateria
Cladus: Nephrozoa
Cladus: Protostomia
Cladus: Spiralia
Cladus: Lophotrochozoa
Phylum: Mollusca
Classis: Cephalopoda
Subclassis: † Ammonoidea
Ordo: † Ammonitida
Subordo: † Ancyloceratina
Superfamilia: Douvilleicerataceae

Familia: Douvilleiceratidae
Subfamiliae: Douvilleiceratinae
Genus: Douvilleiceras
Species: D. muralense
Name

Douvilleiceras Grossouvre, 1897

Douvilleiceras mammillatum (Schlotheim, 1813)

References

The Paleobiology Database [accessed on 11/29/08]

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]

References

Sepkoski, Jack (2002). "Sepkoski's Online Genus Database". Retrieved 2014-05-28.
Jsdammonites
Bertinjc
"Paleobiology Database - Douvilleiceras".
Jsdammonites.fr

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.