Cephalopoda - Ammonitida - Kossmaticeratidae
Full reference: L. F. Spath. 1953. The Upper Cretaceous cephalopod fauna of Graham Land. Falkland Islands Dependencies Survey Scientific Reports 3:1-60
Belongs to Gunnarites according to L. F. Spath 1953
Sister taxa: Gunnarites antarcticus, Gunnarites bhavaniformis, Gunnarites denticulatus, Gunnarites flexuosus, Gunnarites gunnari, Gunnarites inflatus, Gunnarites kalika, Gunnarites nordenskjoldi, Gunnarites pachys, Gunnarites paucinodatus, Gunnarites raggatti, Gunnarites spathi, Gunnarites spinosissimus, Gunnarites varicostatus, Gunnarites zelandicus, Madrasites fortior
Type specimen: BMNH C.41371, a shell. Its type locality is D.416.3, Lachman Crags South, which is in a Campanian marine siliciclastic in Antarctica.
Ecology: fast-moving nektonic carnivore
Average measurements (in mm): shell diameter 56.9
Distribution:
• Cretaceous of Antarctica (4 collections)
Total: 4 collections each including a single occurrence
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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