Cephalopoda - Ammonitida - Kossmaticeratidae
Alternative combinations: Ammonites brahma, Brahmaites brahma
Full reference: E. Forbes. 1846. Report on the fossil invertebrata from southern India, collected by Mr. Kaye and Mr. Cunliffe. Transactions of the Geological Society of London, Series 2 7:97-174
Belongs to Brahmaites (Brahmaites) according to P. D. Ward and W. J. Kennedy 1993
See also Forbes 1846, Kennedy 1986 and Kennedy and Henderson 1992
Sister taxa: Brahmaites (Brahmaites) kossmati, Brahmaites (Brahmaites) mikobokensis
Type specimen: Its type locality is Pondicherry, which is in a Maastrichtian marine sandstone/claystone in the Valudavur Formation of India
Average measurements (in mm): shell diameter 26.8
Distribution:
• Cretaceous of France (1 collection), India (1)
Total: 2 collections each including a single occurrence
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