Cephalopoda - Ammonitida - Neocomitidae
Parent taxon: Berriasellidae according to A. Cantu-Chapa 2006
See also Arkell et al. 1957, Chancellor et al. 1994, Helmstaedt 1969, Imlay and Jones 1970, Myczynski 1989, Sepkoski 2002 and Verma and Westermann 1973
Sister taxa: Andiceras, Banikoceras, Berriasella, Blanfordiceras, Chigaroceras, Delphinella, Ellenaela, Euthymiceras, Fauriella, Hegaratella, Lytohoplites, Malbosiceras, Neocosmoceras, Paraboliceras, Paraboliceratoides, Parandiceras, Renngarteniceras, Strambergella, Substeueroceras, Taleshites, Tirnovella, Riasanites
Subtaxa: Kossmatia alamitosensis Kossmatia bifurcata Kossmatia dilleri Kossmatia exceptionalis Kossmatia flexicostata Kossmatia kingi Kossmatia kleinsorgensis Kossmatia purisima Kossmatia rancheriasensis Kossmatia tehamaensis Kossmatia varicostata Kossmatia victoris Kossmatia viterboensis Kossmatia zacatecana
Ecology: fast-moving nektonic carnivore
Distribution:
• Cretaceous of Colombia (1 collection), Mexico (12), United States (1: Texas)
• Heterian of New Zealand (1)
• Jurassic of Antarctica (2), Colombia (1), Cuba (3), India (9), Iraq (1), Mexico (31), Nepal (1), United States (3: California)
Total: 66 collections including 119 occurrences
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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