Desmophyllites

Desmophyllites is a small desmoceratitid ammonite characterized by a smooth and very involute shell that lived during the Santonian to Maachstrictian stages of the Late Cretaceous.

Desmophyllites
Temporal range: Late Cretaceous
Scientific classification
Kingdom:
Animalia
Phylum:
Mollusca
Class:
Cephalopoda
Order:
Ammonitida
Family:
Desmoceratidae
Genus:
Desmophyllites

Spath, 1929

Shells of Desmophylites diphylloida from the upper Santonian are on order of 1.8 cm (0.7 in) in diameter. Those of Desmophylllites larteti from the upper Campanian are on order of 10.5 cm (~4 in) across.

References
  • Arkell, et al, 1957. Mesozoic Ammonoidea, Treatise on Invertebrate Paleontology, Part L (L370-371). Geological Society of America.
  • Desmophyllites in Desmoceratinae
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