Douvilleiceras

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.

Douvilleiceras

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On record

Recorded, not inferred
Sits inside
DouvilleiceratinaePBDB
Diet
carnivorePBDB, for Ammonoidea
Life habit
nektonicPBDB, for Ammonoidea
Motility
fast-movingPBDB, for Ammonoidea
Vision
well-developedPBDB, for Cephalopoda
Environment
marinePBDB, for Cephalopoda

Time the record covers

At least 27 million years on record.

The record covers at least 121.4 Mya to 93.9 Mya. No occurrence read is dated outside 143.1 Mya to 89.8 Mya.

Late Jurassic — about 0 of 202 occurrencesEarly Cretaceous — about 200 of 202 occurrencesEarly CretaceousLate Cretaceous — about 2 of 202 occurrencesLate Cretaceous144–142 Mya — about 0.0 occurrences142–140 Mya — about 0.1 occurrences140–139 Mya — about 0.1 occurrences139–137 Mya — about 0.1 occurrences137–135 Mya — about 0.1 occurrences135–133 Mya — about 0.1 occurrences133–131 Mya — about 0.1 occurrences131–129 Mya — about 0.1 occurrences129–128 Mya — about 0.1 occurrences128–126 Mya — about 0.1 occurrences126–124 Mya — about 0.5 occurrences124–122 Mya — about 0.5 occurrences122–120 Mya — about 1 occurrence120–118 Mya — about 4 occurrences118–116 Mya — about 5 occurrences116–115 Mya — about 5 occurrences115–113 Mya — about 19 occurrences113–111 Mya — about 66 occurrences111–109 Mya — about 40 occurrences109–107 Mya — about 21 occurrences107–105 Mya — about 15 occurrences105–104 Mya — about 9 occurrences104–102 Mya — about 9 occurrences102–100 Mya — about 6 occurrences100–98 Mya — about 0.3 occurrences98–96 Mya — about 0.3 occurrences96–94 Mya — about 0.3 occurrences94–92 Mya — about 0.5 occurrences92–91 Mya — about 0.5 occurrences91–89 Mya — about 0.2 occurrences121.4 Mya93.9 Mya144 Mya89 Mya

202 occurrences of Douvilleiceras on record, most of them in the Early Cretaceous. Bar height is expected occurrences, not a count: each fossil is spread across the span it is dated to, so a tall narrow bar means tight dating and a low wide one means loose.

When

202 occurrences

These are dates about fossils, not the animal: the record can only begin after it arose and end before it died out, so either end may reach further. Shares are expected occurrences: a fossil dated to a span is counted partly in each period it straddles. More on what this infers.

Found in

28 formations

Folkestone — 51.08°N, 1.18°EFolkestone — 51.08°N, 1.08°EFolkestone — 51.27°N, 0.08°EFolkestone — 51.32°N, 0.32°EFolkestone — 51.22°N, 0.82°WFolkestone — 50.88°N, 0.33°WHaida — 53.25°N, 132.00°WHaida — 53.22°N, 132.05°WHaida — 53.23°N, 132.10°WGrès verts helvétiques — 45.99°N, 6.71°EGrès verts helvétiques — 45.91°N, 6.49°EGrès verts helvétiques — 46.10°N, 6.82°EGrès verts helvétiques — 46.04°N, 6.62°EGrès verts helvétiques — 45.98°N, 6.78°EGrès verts helvétiques — 46.05°N, 6.52°EMzinene — 27.97°S, 32.31°EMzinene — 27.87°S, 32.32°EMzinene — 27.74°S, 32.29°EMzinene — 27.59°S, 32.23°EMzinene — 27.53°S, 32.17°EMzinene — 27.18°S, 32.19°EMzinene — 26.94°S, 32.21°EMzinene — 26.93°S, 32.30°EBudden Canyon — 40.47°N, 122.55°WBudden Canyon — 40.49°N, 122.49°WBudden Canyon — 40.45°N, 122.60°WGlen Rose Limestone — 29.66°N, 99.28°WGlen Rose Limestone — 29.72°N, 98.94°WGlen Rose Limestone — 30.12°N, 98.03°WGlen Rose Limestone — 30.00°N, 98.10°WGlen Rose Limestone — 29.91°N, 98.33°WCuchillo — 30.05°N, 98.03°WCuchillo — 31.47°N, 105.30°WInca — 7.16°S, 78.46°WInca — 7.45°S, 78.18°WInca — 9.38°S, 77.12°WAmbarimaninga — 16.50°S, 46.00°EPerte-du-Rhone — 45.15°N, 5.48°EChulec — 7.16°S, 78.51°WChulec — 9.37°S, 77.58°WChulec — 8.55°S, 77.63°WChulec — 9.38°S, 77.12°WRiachuelo — 10.50°S, 37.50°WRiachuelo — 10.71°S, 37.18°WRiachuelo — 10.63°S, 37.03°WRiachuelo — 10.63°S, 37.23°WConglomérats de Bargy — 45.86°N, 6.45°EConglomérats de Bargy — 45.97°N, 6.44°EConglomérats de Bargy — 46.02°N, 6.46°EMural — 31.00°N, 109.12°WMural — 31.08°N, 109.57°WCuio — 12.91°S, 13.06°EGrès verts helvétiques — 46.26°N, 7.12°EGrès verts helvétiques — 46.28°N, 7.20°EClansayes — 27.20°N, 100.55°WMonk’s Bay Sandstone — 50.60°N, 1.32°WDe Queen — 34.07°N, 93.85°WCouches du Freu — 46.01°N, 6.35°EBargy Conglomerate — 46.00°N, 6.10°ERio Hatillo — 19.17°N, 70.67°WKamiji — 44.69°N, 142.13°EBeudanticeras Shale — 32.45°N, 51.78°E

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The named rock units Douvilleiceras has been recovered from, largest first. Drawn where the rock is now, not where it formed. 4 further formations hold fewer occurrences each and are not listed. 51 occurrences have no formation on record, which is common for older literature.

Douvilleiceras and its relatives

Early Cretaceous

Where Douvilleiceras and its relatives were recorded in the Early Cretaceous.

Found in the same rock

582 taxa

The Paleobiology Database records 142 sites for Douvilleiceras, and this reads all of them. The number is how many of those sites it was catalogued from too. The 24 sharing the most are listed.

This is not a list of everything alive at the time. It is only what has come out of the same ground as this animal and been written down.

Entered from

39 references

Each of the 202 occurrences read was entered from one of these publications, ordered by how many each accounts for. This is not a search for papers mentioning the name. 27 further references are not listed. Entries link to doi.org where the Paleobiology Database holds an identifier, and to its own record where it does not. Relayed as the Paleobiology Database holds them, not checked against what they resolve to.

Media and terms

Media content2

Picture of Douvilleiceras

Credit
Hectonichus
Licence
CC BY-SA 3.0
Commercial use
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3D model

Source
Sketchfab
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The description on this site

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CC BY-SA 4.0

This is what the site found, which is not the same as what exists.

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What may have been alongside itDouvilleiceratinae through timeFormations of the Early CretaceousThe world it lived on

Occurrence data from the Paleobiology Database, CC BY 4.0. Grossouvre 1894