Cephalopoda - Ammonitida - Kossmaticeratidae
Nom. nov. pro Holcodiseus Kossmat, non Nenmayr or Uhlig
Synonyms: Kossmaticeras (Madrasites) Kilian and Reboul 1909, Madrasites Kilian and Reboul 1909, Pesudoholcodiscus Kilian and Reboul 1909
Full reference: A. Grossouvre. 1901. Recherches sur la craie supérieure. Partie 1 Stratigraphie générale, Fascicule II. 561-1013
Parent taxon: Kossmaticeratinae according to W. J. Kennedy 2018
See also Anderson 1958, Henderson 1970, Kennedy et al. 2007, Kennedy et al. 1973, Kennedy and Klinger 1985, Klinger 1985, Macellari 1986, Sepkoski 2002 and Ward and Kennedy 1993
Sister taxa: Brahmaites, Grossouvrites, Gunnarites, Jacobites, Maorites, Neograhamites, Pseudokossmaticeras, Yokoyamaoceras
Subtaxa: Kossmaticeras (Jacobites) Kossmaticeras (Karapadites) Kossmaticeras (Kossmaticeras) Kossmaticeras (Natalites) Kossmaticeras canadense
Type: Ammonites theobaldianus
Ecology: fast-moving nektonic carnivore
Distribution:
• Cretaceous of Angola (1 collection), Antarctica (3), Australia (5), Canada (1: British Columbia), Chile (10), India (6), Madagascar (1), New Zealand (5), South Africa (13), United States (1: California)
Total: 46 collections including 56 occurrences
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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