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Damesites hetonaiensis

Cephalopoda - Ammonitida - Desmoceratidae

Taxonomy

Damesites hetonaiensis was named by Matsumoto (1942). It is a 3D body fossil.

Synonyms

Neokotoceras fresnoense was named by Anderson (1958). It is a 3D body fossil. Its type locality is CAS Loc. 2362 - Coalinga [Ragged Valley Shale], which is in a Maastrichtian marine shale in the Ragged Valley Shale Formation of California.

It was recombined as Damesites hetonaiensis fresnoensis by Matsumoto (1959); it was synonymized subjectively with Damesites hetonaiensis by Jones (1963).

Synonymy list

Year	Name and author
1942	Damesites hetonaiensis Matsumoto p. 27
1958	Neokotoceras fresnoense Anderson p. 218 figs. pl. 57, figs. 1-5
1959	Damesites hetonaiensis fresnoensis Matsumoto p. 14
1963	Damesites hetonaiensis Jones p. 34

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Rank	Name	Author
kingdom	Animalia	()
—	Bilateria
—	Eubilateria	Ax 1987
—	Protostomia
—	Spiralia
superphylum	Lophotrochozoa
phylum	Mollusca
class	Cephalopoda	Cuvier 1797

Rank	Name	Author
subclass	Ammonoidea	()
order	Ammonitida	Haeckel 1866
suborder	Ammonitina	Hyatt 1889
superfamily	Desmoceratoidea	(Zittel 1895)
family	Desmoceratidae	Zittel 1895
subfamily	Desmoceratinae	Zittel 1895
genus	Damesites	Matsumoto 1942
species	hetonaiensis	Matsumoto 1942

If no rank is listed, the taxon is considered an unranked clade in modern classifications. Ranks may be repeated or presented in the wrong order because authors working on different parts of the classification may disagree about how to rank taxa.

†Damesites hetonaiensis Matsumoto 1942

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Invalid names: Neokotoceras fresnoense Anderson 1958 [synonym]

Diagnosis

No diagnoses are available

Measurements

part	N	mean
shell height	1	19.0
shell diameter	1	35.0
shell inflation	1	2.80

Composition:

aragoniteo

Environment:

marinec

Locomotion:

fast-movingo

Life habit:

nektonico

Diet:

carnivoreo

Vision:

well-developedc

Created:

2005-01-28 02:27:03

Modified:

2009-10-08 14:14:55

Source: o = order, c = class

References: Kiessling 2003, Kiessling 2004

Age range: base of the Late/Upper Campanian to the top of the Early/Lower Maastrichtian or 83.60000 to 66.00000 Ma

Collections (6 total)

Time interval	Ma	Country or state	Original ID and collection number
Late/Upper Campanian	83.6 - 72.2	USA (California)	Neokotoceras fresnoense (86855)
Late/Upper Campanian	83.6 - 72.2	USA (Alaska)	Damesites hetonaiensis (64020)
Early/Lower Maastrichtian	72.2 - 66.0	USA (California)	Damesites hetonaiensis (86817 86854) Neokotoceras fresnoense, Damesites hetonaiensis (83776 86821)