Kosmoceras Waagen 1869 (ammonite)

Cephalopoda - Ammonitida - Kosmoceratidae

Alternative spelling: Cosmoceras

Parent taxon: Kosmoceratinae according to S. Jain and M. Mazur 2021

See also Arkell et al. 1957, Callomon and Wright 1989, Imlay 1953 and Sepkoski 2002

Sister taxa: none

Subtaxa: Cosmoceras duncani Cosmoceras paracontrarium Cosmoceras spoliatum Kosmoceras gemmatum Kosmoceras rotundum Kosmoceras rowlstonense Kosmoceras spinosum

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Type: Ammonites spinosus

Ecology: fast-moving nektonic carnivore

Distribution:

• Cretaceous of Switzerland (1 collection)

• Jurassic of Chile (4), France (7), Germany (6), Poland (2), the Russian Federation (4), Sweden (1), Switzerland (9), the United Kingdom (10), United States (1: Alaska)

Total: 45 collections including 61 occurrences

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