Cephalopoda - Ammonitida - Kossmaticeratidae
Full reference: R. A. Henderson. 1970. Ammonoidea from the Mata Series (Santonian-Maastrichtian) of New Zealand. Special Papers in Palaeontology 6:1-82
Belongs to Gunnarites according to R. A. Henderson 1970
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 rotundus, Gunnarites spinosissimus, Gunnarites varicostatus, Gunnarites zelandicus, Madrasites fortior
Type specimen: NZGS CE.2129, a shell. Its type locality is Q08/f9639, Southern banks of Opu Creek, Upper Kaipara Harbour, which is in a Haumurian marine horizon in the Otamatea Formation of New Zealand.
Ecology: fast-moving nektonic carnivore
Distribution: found only at Q08/f9639, Southern banks of Opu Creek, Upper Kaipara Harbour
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