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Early Albian (Early Cretaceous) douvilleiceratid ammonites from Haida Gwaii, British Columbia, Canada

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  15 June 2016

Masao Futakami
Affiliation:
Paleontological Laboratory, Kawamura Gakuen Woman’s University, 1133 Sageto, Abiko-shi, Chiba-ken, 270-1138Japan 〈M.Futakami@kgwu.ac.jp〉
James W. Haggart
Affiliation:
Natural Resources Canada, Geological Survey of Canada, 1500-605 Robson Street, Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada V6B 5J3 〈jhaggart@nrcan.gc.ca〉 Department of Earth, Oceans and Atmospheric Sciences, University of British Columbia, Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada V6T 1Z4 〈jhaggart@eos.ubc.ca〉

Abstract

The early Albian to mid-Albian cosmopolitan genus Douvilleiceras is represented in the Haida Gwaii archipelago of western British Columbia by five species, D. mammillatum (Schlotheim), D. offarcinatum (White), D. scabrosum Casey, D. spiniferum (Whiteaves), and D. aff. spiniferum (Whiteaves). Specimens of one of these taxa, D. spiniferum, are particularly abundant on Haida Gwaii and the species is discussed with respect to its morphological variability and ontogenetic development. The important morphological features for taxonomic criteria of the genus Douvilleiceras are the mode of tuberculation, the pattern of ribbing, and the proportions of the shell in the middle growth stage.

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