Cephalopoda - Ammonitida - Kossmaticeratidae
Alternative spelling: Kossmaticeras (Gunnarites)
Parent taxon: Kossmaticeratinae according to C. E. Macellari 1986
See also Henderson 1970, Kennedy and Klinger 1985, Lahsen and Charrier 1972 and Sepkoski 2002
Sister taxa: Brahmaites, Grossouvrites, Jacobites, Kossmaticeras, Maorites, Neograhamites, Pseudokossmaticeras, Yokoyamaoceras
Subtaxa: Gunnarites antarcticus Gunnarites bhavaniformis Gunnarites denticulatus Gunnarites flexuosus Gunnarites gunnari Gunnarites inflatus Gunnarites kalika 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
Distribution:
• Cretaceous of Antarctica (46 collections), Australia (23), Chile (9), New Zealand (8), South Africa (3)
Total: 89 collections including 102 occurrences
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