Desmoceratidae Explained

Desmoceratidae is a family belonging to the ammonite superfamily Desmoceratoidea.^{[1] [2]} They are an extinct group of ammonoids, shelled cephalopods related to squid, belemnites, octopuses, and cuttlefish, and more distantly to the nautiloids, that lived between the Lower Cretaceous (Upper Valanginian) and UpperCretaceous (Upper Maastrichtian).

External links

• Book: [[Claud William Wright|Wright C.W.]] with J.H. Callomon and M.K. Howarth . 1996 . Mollusca 4 Revised: Cretaceous Ammonoidea . 4 . Treatise on Invertebrate Paleontology Part L . Roger L. Kaesler . Boulder, Colorado and Lawrence, Kansas . The Geological Society of America & University of Kansas Press . https://archive.org/details/treatiseoninvert0000join/page/n3/mode/2up?view=theater . registration . 69-71 . Internet Archive.
• Desmoceratidae on Ammonites et autres fossiles - Cyril Baudouin
• Desmoceratidae on Laboratoire du Groupe de Recherche en Paléobiologie et Biostratigaphie des Ammonites; Ammonites du Jurassique et du Crétacé

Notes and References

1. with and (1996), Mollusca 4 Revised, Cretaceous Ammonoidea, vol. 4, in Treatise on Invertebrate Paleontology, Part L (Roger L. Kaesler et el. eds.), Boulder, Colorado: The Geological Society of America & Lawrence, Kansas: University of Kansas Press, 69-71.
2. http://paleodb.org/cgi-bin/bridge.pl?a=checkTaxonInfo&taxon_no=84929&is_real_user=0 Desmoceratidae