Desmoceras (Moremanoceras) scotti (Moreman, 1942)

Remarks

• Collector:    Lee Duchouquette

• Formation:  Eagle Ford Group, Britton Formation

• Location:     Dallas County, TX

General Info

Synonyms (older names and misidentifications in the literature)

• 1927 Pachydiscus sp. A Moreman

• 1942 Tragodesmoceras scotti Moreman

• 1960 Ornitschoceras ? scotti (Moreman); Matsumoto

• 1972 Desmoceras (Moremanoceras) scotti (Moreman); Cobban

• 1977 Desmoceras (Moremanoceras) scotti (Moreman); Kauffman

• 1986 Desmoceras (Moremanoceras) scotti (Moreman); Cobban

• 1988 Desmoceras (Moremanoceras) scotti (Moreman); Kennedy

• 1990 Desmoceras (Moremanoceras) scotti (Moreman); Cobban

• 1994 Desmoceras (Moremanoceras) scotti (Moreman); Emerson et al.

Stratigraphic Occurrence

• Eagle Ford Group, Britton Formation of north Texas

• Benton Grp, Greenhorn Fm, Bridge Creek LS Mbr of Colorado

Age

• Desmoceras (Moremanoceras) scotti (Moreman) occurs in the Sciponoceras gracile (Shumard) zone, Late Cenomanian Stage (~94 mya).

Geographic Occurrence (not an all-inclusive list)

• Dallas County, TX

• Grayson County, TX

• Pueblo County, CO

Remarks

         For identification and descriptions:

• Cobban, W. A.  1971.  New and Little-Known Ammonites from the Upper Cretaceous (Cenomanian and Turonian) of the Western Interior of the United States.  United States Geological Survey Professional Paper 699.
• Kauffman, E. G.  1977.  “Illustrated Guide to Biostratigraphically Important Macrofossils, Western Interior Basin, U. S. A.”.  In:  Kauffman, E. G., ed.  Field Guide:  North American Paleontological Convention II.  Cretaceous Facies, Faunas, and Paleoenvironments Across the Western Interior Basin.  The Mountain Geologist 14 (3–4), 225–274.
• Kennedy, W. J. 1988. Late Cenomanian and Turonian Ammonite Faunas from North–East and Central Texas. The Palaeontological Association Special Papers in Palaeontology 39.
• Moreman, W. L. 1927. Fossil Zones of the Eagle Ford Group of North Texas. Journal of Paleontology 1, 89–101.
• Moreman, W. L. 1942. Paleontology of the Eagle Ford Group of North and Central Texas. Journal of Paleontology 16 (2), 192–220.