Cephalopoda - Ammonitida - Kossmaticeratidae
Full reference: R. W. Imlay. 1959. New genera of early Cretaceous (Albian) Ammonites from Alaska. Journal of Paleontology 33(1):179-185
Belongs to Moffitites according to D. L. Jones 1967
See also Imlay 1959 and Imlay 1960
Sister taxon: Moffitites crassus
Type specimen: USNM 129874, a shell. Its type locality is Alaska, Kennicott Formation, USGS Mes. loc. 2191, which is in an Albian marginal marine shale/sandstone in the Kennicott Formation of Alaska.
Ecology: fast-moving nektonic carnivore
Average measurements (in mm): shell diameter 73.7
Distribution:
• Cretaceous of United States (11: Alaska collections)
Total: 11 collections each including a single occurrence
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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