title: Desmoceras
text: # Desmoceras
  
  Desmoceras is a genus of ammonites belonging to the family Desmoceratidae. These cephalopods were fast-moving nektonic carnivores. They lived in the Early Cretaceous; Albian epoch.
  
  ## Species
  
  * Desmoceras alamoense
  * Desmoceras argonauticum
  * Desmoceras austeni
  * Desmoceras barryae
  * Desmoceras chimuense
  * Desmoceras ezoanum
  * Desmoceras inane
  * Desmoceras latidorsatum
  * Desmoceras pseudinane
  * Desmoceras pseudouhligella
  * Desmoceras uhligella
  
  ## Distribution
  
  Cretaceous of Angola, Antarctica, Australia, Canada, Colombia (Hiló Formation), Egypt, France, Germany, Italy, Japan, Madagascar (Mahajanga Province), Mexico, Morocco, Nigeria, Peru, Russia, United Kingdom, United States and Venezuela.
  
  ## Gallery
  
  * Desmoceras latidorsatum. Salzburg, Haus der Natur
  * Desmoceras carolense, Bathurst Island, Australia
  