Desmoceratidae
- Phylum: Mollusca
- Class: Cephalopoda
- Order: Ammonoidea
- Family: Desmoceratidae
Overview
Desmoceratidae Zittel, 1895
Common Name:
Extant/Extinct
Key morphological features: Shells are smooth with weak ribbing and overall round to oval shape. Suture lines range in complexity.
SIZE:
Paleoecology:
MOBILITY: Mobile (swim)
FEEDING MODE: Predator
HABITAT: epifaunal
Family Desmoceratidae Zittel, 1895
Duration: Upper Valanginian to Upper Maastrichtian (Source: Wright et al., 1996).
PaleoDB taxon number: 84929.
Sources:
Wright, C. W., 1996. Ammonoidea, in Kaesler, R. L., ed., Treatise on Invertebrate Paleontology, Part L, Mollusca 4 Revised, Volume 4. The University of Kansas and Geological Society of America. 362 pp.
