| Douvilleiceras | |
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| Douvilleiceras sp. – Albian of Madagascar | |
Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Mollusca |
| Class: | Cephalopoda |
| Subclass: | † Ammonoidea |
| Order: | † Ammonitida |
| Suborder: | † Ancyloceratina |
| Family: | † Douvilleiceratidae |
| Genus: | † Douvilleiceras Grossouvre, 1894 |
| Species | |
See text | |
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.
Shells of Douvilleiceras inaequinodum can reach a diameter of about 8–10 cm (3.1–3.9 in). [2] [3]
Species within the genus Douvilleiceras include: [4]
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]
