Current Taxonomic Status of Late Cretaceous Ammonoid Species from the Western Interior Seaway Assigned to the Family Muniericeratidae (Ammonitina: Desmocerataceae)
Jonathan R. Hendricks
Paleontological Research Institution, Ithaca, New York
Note: Names in green are accepted; names in red are synonyms. Return to main list here. This page was last updated May 12, 2017.
Class Cephalopoda
Order Ammonoidea Zittel, 1884
Suborder Ammonitina Hyatt, 1889
Superfamily Desmocerataceae Zittel, 1895
Duration: Upper Valanginian to Upper Maastrichtian (Source: Wright et al., 1996).
Family Muniericeratidae Wright, 1952
Duration: Lower Turonian to Lower Campanian (Source: Wright et al., 1996).
Genus Tragodesmoceras Spath, 1922
Type species: Desmoceras clypealoides Leonhard, 1897.
Duration: Lower Turonian to Upper Santonian (Wright et al., 1996).
Tragodesmoceras socorroense Cobban and Hook, 1979
Original presentation: Tragodesmoceras socorroense
Original publication: Cobban and Hook. 1979. [p. 13, pl. 5, figs 9, 10, pls 6, 7, pl. 11, fig. 10, text-fig. 4].
Types: awaiting determination.
Type locality: awaiting determination.
Type horizon: awaiting determination.
Other specimens: USNM 328707, USNM 328708.
WIS occurrences:
Turonian: Mancos Shale (Rio Salado Tongue) (NM).
Other occurrences: awaiting determination.
PaleoDB taxon number: 143704.
References: Cobban and Hook (1983).
Origin of name: awaiting determination.
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