Kossmatia purisima Verma and Westermann 1973 (ammonite)

Cephalopoda - Ammonitida - Neocomitidae

Full reference: H. M. Verma and G. E. G. Westermann. 1973. The Tithonian (Jurassic) ammonite fauna of Sierra Catorce, San Luis Potosi, Mexico. Bulletins of American Paleontology 63(277):107-320

Belongs to Kossmatia according to A. Cantu-Chapa 2006

See also Verma and Westermann 1973

Sister taxa: Kossmatia alamitosensis, Kossmatia bifurcata, Kossmatia dilleri, Kossmatia exceptionalis, Kossmatia flexicostata, Kossmatia kingi, Kossmatia kleinsorgensis, Kossmatia rancheriasensis, Kossmatia tehamaensis, Kossmatia varicostata, Kossmatia victoris, Kossmatia viterboensis, Kossmatia zacatecana

Type specimen: McM J 1501/2, a shell

Ecology: fast-moving nektonic carnivore

Average measurements (in mm): shell diameter 28.0

Distribution:

• Jurassic of Mexico (12 collections)

Total: 12 collections each including a single occurrence

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