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 spathi, Gunnarites spinosissimus, Gunnarites zelandicus, Madrasites fortior
Type specimen: Victoria University VC.45a,b, a shell. Its type locality is O06/f7655, Beach at Rangi Pt, Hokianga Harbour, which is in a Haumurian marine horizon in New Zealand.
Ecology: fast-moving nektonic carnivore
Distribution: found only at O06/f7655, Beach at Rangi Pt, Hokianga Harbour
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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