Desmoceras

Desmoceras Temporal range: Albian PreЄ Є O S D C P T J K Pg N
Desmoceras sp. – Lower Cretaceous (Albian) from Mahajanga, Madagascar
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Class:	Cephalopoda
Subclass:	†Ammonoidea
Order:	†Ammonitida
Family:	Desmoceratidae
Subfamily:	Desmoceratinae
Genus:	†Desmoceras Zittel, 1884

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.

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.