Cephalopoda - Ammonitida - Kossmaticeratidae
Alternative combination: Ammonites kalika
Belongs to Gunnarites according to R. A. Henderson and K. J. McNamara 1985
See also Kennedy and Klinger 1985, Kinger and Kennedy 1980, Lahsen and Charrier 1972 and Spath 1953
Sister taxa: Gunnarites antarcticus, Gunnarites bhavaniformis, Gunnarites denticulatus, Gunnarites flexuosus, Gunnarites gunnari, Gunnarites inflatus, Gunnarites nordenskjoldi, Gunnarites pachys, Gunnarites paucinodatus, Gunnarites raggatti, Gunnarites rotundus, Gunnarites spathi, Gunnarites spinosissimus, Gunnarites varicostatus, Gunnarites zelandicus, Madrasites fortior
Ecology: fast-moving nektonic carnivore
Average measurements (in mm): shell diameter 65.7
Distribution:
• Cretaceous of Antarctica (9 collections), Australia (23), Chile (3), South Africa (1)
Total: 36 collections each including a single occurrence
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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