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
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
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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