Watinoceras

Not to be confused with Wutinoceras.

Watinoceras Temporal range: Turonian ~93.9–89.6 Ma PreꞒ Ꞓ O S D C P T J K Pg N ↓
Watinoceras coloradoense
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Mollusca
Class:	Cephalopoda
Subclass:	†Ammonoidea
Order:	†Ammonitida
Family:	†Acanthoceratidae
Subfamily:	†Acanthoceratinae
Genus:	†Watinoceras Warren, 1930
Species
W. amudariense Arkhanguelsky 1916 W. coloradoense Henderson 1908 W. jaekeli Solger 1904 W. reesidei Warren 1930 W. thompsonense Cobban 1988

Watinoceras is a genus of acanthoceratid ammonite that lived during the early Turonian stage of the Late Cretaceous.

Description

Early whorls are compressed, finely ribbed with inner and outer ventrolateral and siphonal tubercles as in Neocardioceras, but siphonal row is soon lost. Later the venter may be concave between rows of ventrolateral clavi or rounded with ribs passing over in chevrons. Ornament usually becomes coarser with age. Derivation is from Neocardioceras, Watinoceras and Mammites gave rise to the other genera in the subfamily Acanthoceratinae. Older classifications included Watinoceras in the subfamily Mammitinae instead.

Species include W. coloradoense, W. reesidei, and W. thompsonense.

Biostratigraphic significance

The first occurrence of the species Watinoceras devonense marks the beginning of the Turonian.[1][2]

Distribution

Fossils of the genus have been found in:[3]

• Ponta das Salinas, Angola
• Cotinguiba Formation, Brazil
• Mungo River Formation, Cameroon
• Blackstone Formation, Alberta, Canada
• Second White Speckled Shale and Kaskapu Formations, British Columbia
• McKenzie River Valley, Pacific Northwest
• Mesitas del Colegio and Yaguará, Colombia
• Brießnitz Formation, Germany
• Agua Nueva and Indidura Formations, Mexico
• Eze-Aku Formation, Nigeria
• Draa el Miaad, Tunisia
• Mancos Shale, Arizona and New Mexico
• Greenhorn Formation, Colorado and Minnesota
• Colorado Group, Colorado and New Mexico
• La Luna Formation, Venezuela

References

1. Kennedy, W. J.; I. Walaszczyk; W. A. Cobban (2005). "The Global Boundary Stratotype Section and Point for the base of the Turonian Stage of the Cretaceous: Pueblo, Colorado, U.S.A." Episodes. 28 (2): 93–104. doi:10.18814/epiiugs/2005/v28i2/003. Retrieved 2023-12-19.
2. "GSSP for Turonian Stage". Geologic Timescale Foundation. Retrieved 7 August 2014.
3. Watinoceras at Fossilworks.org

Further reading

• W.J. Arkell et al., 1957. Mesozoic Ammonoidea, Treatise on Invertebrate Paleontology Pat L Mollusca 4. Geological Society of America and University of Kansas Press.
• J. Kennedy et al., 1999. Lower Turonian (Upper Cretaceous) Watinoceras devonense Zone ammonite fauna in Colorado, USA. USGS Publications Warehouse - Citations View