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Kossmaticeratinae

Cephalopoda - Ammonitida - Kossmaticeratidae

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1922Kossmaticeratinae Spath
1985Kossmaticeratinae Klinger p. 7
1986Kossmaticeratinae Macellari p. 25
1987Kossmaticeratinae Kennedy and Summesberger p. 28
1993Kossmaticeratinae Ward and Kennedy p. 26
1995Kossmaticeratinae Kennedy p. 241
1995Kossmaticeratinae Kennedy and Bilotte p. 362
1999Kossmaticeratinae Kennedy and Summesberger p. 25
2000Kossmaticeratinae Arkadiev et al. p. 109
2007Kossmaticeratinae Kennedy et al. p. 516
2007Kossmaticeratinae Szives p. 129
2013Kossmaticeratinae Kennedy and Klinger p. 56
2018Kossmaticeratinae Kennedy p. 675

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
—Bilateria
—EubilateriaAx 1987
—Protostomia
—Spiralia
superphylumLophotrochozoa
phylumMollusca
classCephalopodaCuvier 1797
RankNameAuthor
subclassAmmonoidea()
orderAmmonitidaHaeckel 1866
suborderAmmonitinaHyatt 1889
superfamilyDesmoceratoidea(Zittel 1895)
familyKossmaticeratidaeSpath 1922
subfamilyKossmaticeratinaeSpath 1922
subfamilyKossmaticeratinaeSpath 1922

If no rank is listed, the taxon is considered an unranked clade in modern classifications. Ranks may be repeated or presented in the wrong order because authors working on different parts of the classification may disagree about how to rank taxa.

Subfm. †Kossmaticeratinae Spath 1922
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Subg. †Brahmaites (Anabrahmaites) Yabe and Shimizu 1924
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Invalid names: Puzosia haugi Seunes 1892 [synonym]
Subg. †Brahmaites (Brahmaites) Kossmat 1897
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†Brahmaites (Brahmaites) kossmati Henderson and McNamara 1985
G. †Grossouvrites Kilian and Reboul 1909
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†Grossouvrites gemmatus Huppe 1854
†Grossouvrites joharae Salazar et al. 2010
G. †Gunnarites Kilian and Reboul 1909
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†Gunnarites antarcticus Weller 1903
†Gunnarites bhavaniformis Kilian and Reboul 1909
†Gunnarites denticulatus Marshall 1926
†Gunnarites flexuosus Spath 1953
†Gunnarites gunnari Kilian and Reboul 1925
†Gunnarites inflatus Kilian and Reboul 1909
†Gunnarites kalika Stolickzka 1865
†Gunnarites nordenskjoldi Kilian and Reboul 1909
†Gunnarites pachys Spath 1953
†Gunnarites raggatti Henderson and McNamara 1985
†Gunnarites rotundus Spath 1953
†Gunnarites spathi Henderson 1970
†Gunnarites spinosissimus Wetzel 1930
†Gunnarites varicostatus Henderson 1970
†Gunnarites zelandicus Marshall 1917
Invalid names: Madrasites fortior Marshall 1926 [nomen dubium]
G. †Jacobites Kilian and Reboul 1909
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Subg. †Jacobites (Jacobites) Kilian and Reboul 1909
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Invalid names: Brahmaites rotundus Marshall 1926 [synonym]
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Invalid names: Jacobites waitapuensis Marshall 1926 [synonym]
Subg. †Jacobites (Tainuia) Marshall 1926
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†Jacobites anderssoni Kilian and Reboul 1909
†Jacobites crofti Spath 1953
Invalid names: Aucklandites Marshall 1927 [synonym], Neomadrasites Marshall 1926 [synonym]
G. †Kossmaticeras Grossouvre 1901
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Subg. †Kossmaticeras (Jacobites) Kilian and Reboul 1909
Subg. †Kossmaticeras (Natalites) Collignon 1954
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Invalid names: Madrasites natalensis Spath 1922 [synonym]
†Kossmaticeras (Natalites) brunnschweileri Henderson and McNamara 1985
†Kossmaticeras (Natalites) elegans Kennedy and Klinger 1985
†Kossmaticeras canadense McLearn 1972
Invalid names: Madrasites Kilian and Reboul 1909 [synonym], Pesudoholcodiscus Kilian and Reboul 1909 [synonym]
G. †Maorites Marshall 1926
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†Maorites angulocostatus Henderson 1970
†Maorites densicostatus Kilian and Reboul 1909
†Maorites mackayi Hector 1886
†Maorites multiconstrictus Henderson 1970
†Maorites pseudobhavani Spath 1953
†Maorites seymourianus Kilian and Reboul 1909
†Maorites subtilistriatus Collignon 1954
†Maorites tenuicostatum Marshall 1917
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Invalid names: Maorites suturalis Marshall 1926 [synonym]
†Maorites tuberculatus Howard 1958
†Maorites weddelliensis Macellari 1986
G. †Neograhamites Spath 1953
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†Neograhamites carnarvonensis Henderson and McNamara 1985
†Neograhamites kiliani Spath 1953
†Neograhamites taylori Spath 1953
†Neograhamites transitorius Henderson 1970
G. †Pseudokossmaticeras Spath 1922
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†Pseudokossmaticeras brandti Redten bacher 1873
†Pseudokossmaticeras duereri Redtenbacher 1873
G. †Yokoyamaoceras Wright and Matsumoto 1954
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†Yokoyamoceras jimboi Matsumoto 1955
Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
Composition: aragoniteo
Environment: marinec
Locomotion: fast-movingo
Life habit: nektonico
Diet: carnivoreo
Vision: well-developedc
Created: 2005-01-28 02:27:03
Modified: 2009-10-08 14:14:55
Source: o = order, c = class
References: Kiessling 2004, Kiessling 2003

Age range: base of the Albian to the top of the Late/Upper Maastrichtian or 113.20000 to 66.00000 Ma

Collections (324 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Albian113.2 - 100.5Canada (British Columbia) Kossmaticeras canadense (87478)
Late/Upper Turonian93.9 - 89.8Madagascar (Toliara) Kossmaticeras sparsicostatum (46608)
Turonian93.9 - 89.8Antarctica Kossmaticeras sakondryense (83337)
Turonian93.9 - 89.8Japan (Hokkaido) Yokoyamaoceras kotoi (38519)
Coniacian89.8 - 85.7India (Tamil Nadu) Kossmaticeras bhavani, Kossmaticeras theobaldianum (46393 46442)
Early/Lower Coniacian89.8 - 85.7India (Tamil Nadu) Kossmaticeras theobaldianum (198607 198608 198609)
Early/Lower Coniacian89.8 - 85.7Angola Kossmaticeras theobaldianum (210899)
Middle Coniacian89.8 - 85.7South Africa Kossmaticeras jonesi (82443 82451) Kossmaticeras sakondryense (82444) Kossmaticeras sparsicostatum, Kossmaticeras jeletzkyi (82440)
Middle Coniacian89.8 - 85.7India (Tamil Nadu) Kossmaticeras theobaldi (46503)
Coniacian - Santonian89.8 - 83.6Japan (Hokkaido) Yokoyamaoceras ishikawai, Yokoyamaoceras sp. (193939)
Coniacian - Santonian89.8 - 83.6Chile Holcodiscus theobaldianus (83690)
Coniacian - Santonian89.8 - 83.6USA (California) Kossmaticeras japonicum (185380)
Piripauan86.1 - 83.6New Zealand Gunnarites zelandicus (83536 83537) Kossmaticeras haumuriensis (78370 83523) Kossmaticeras sulcatum (83441)
Piripauan86.1 - 83.6New Zealand (Northland) Kossmaticeras whangaroaensis, Kossmaticeras sulcatum, Jacobites nodulosus, Neograhamites transitorius (233887)
Piripauan - Haumurian86.1 - 66.0New Zealand (Auckland) Gunnarites sp., Kossmaticeras sp., Kossmaticeras sp., Maorites tenuicostatus, Kossmaticeras regularis, Jacobites nodulosus, Jacobites ultimus, Jacobites angularis, Jacobites aucklandicus, Maorites angulocostatus, Gunnarites denticulatus (233885)
Early/Lower Santonian85.7 - 83.6Japan (Hokkaido) Yokoyamaoceras sp. (94682)
Late/Upper Santonian85.7 - 83.6South Africa Kossmaticeras inornatum, Kossmaticeras africanus (82520) Kossmaticeras madrasinus, Kossmaticeras besairieri, Kossmaticeras planissimus (82628)
Middle Santonian85.7 - 83.6South Africa Madrasites africanum (82473) Madrasites similis (82461)
Santonian85.7 - 83.6South Africa Kossmaticeras elegans (71004) Kossmaticeras similis (66070)
Santonian85.7 - 83.6New Zealand (North Auckland) Kossmaticeras tenuicostatum, Gunnarites zelandicus (233890)
Santonian85.7 - 83.6Japan Yokoyamaoceras ishikawai (62209 62216 62335 62467) Yokoyamaoceras ishikawai, Yokoyamaoceras sp. (62210 62211) Yokoyamaoceras sp. (62217)
Campanian83.6 - 72.2New Zealand Maorites sp. (63093 63094)
Campanian83.6 - 72.2South Africa Kossmaticeras acuticostatus (82728) Kossmaticeras karapadensis (71008)
Campanian83.6 - 72.2Antarctica Gunnarites antarcticus (166117 166135 166141 166142 166144 166149 166152 166153 166168 166169 166174) Gunnarites antarcticus, Maorites densicostatus (166151) Gunnarites bhavaniformis (166129 166130 166131 166137 166150 166155 166156) Gunnarites flexuosus (166157 166161) Gunnarites gunnari (166139) Gunnarites kalika (166134 166136 166140 166159 166160 166175 166177) Gunnarites kalika, Gunnarites bhavaniformis (166148) Gunnarites kalika, Gunnarites rotundus (166109) Gunnarites pachys (166158 166162 166166) Gunnarites paucinodatus (166118) Gunnarites rotundus (166103 166119) Jacobites crofti (166167) Jacobites crofti, Gunnarites gunnari (166143) Karapadites centinelaensis, Neograhamites morenoi, Neograhamites taylori (83352) Maorites densicostatus (166138 166146 166154) Maorites pseudobhavani (166102 166104 166107) Maorites pseudobhavani, Gunnarites rotundus (166108) Maorites seymourianus (64206 166115) Maorites sp. (166179) Maorites sp. juv. (166111 166176 166178 166180 166181) Maorites sp. juv., Maorites suturalis (166116) Neograhamites kiliani (166163) Neograhamites kiliani, Neograhamites taylori, Gunnarites pachys, Gunnarites flexuosus (166165) Neograhamites sp. (83566) Neograhamites taylori (166105)
Early/Lower Campanian83.6 - 72.2France Yokoyamoceras jimboi (165817)
Early/Lower Campanian83.6 - 72.2Antarctica Grossouvrites occultus (83381 83382) Kossmaticeras centinelaensis, Maorites sp., Grossouvrites occultus (83383)
Late/Upper Campanian83.6 - 72.2Antarctica Gunnarites bhavaniformis (82989) Gunnarites sp. (83388) Maorites sp., Neograhamites morenoi (83390) Maorites tuberculatus (66730 82984 82985 82986 158436 158437) Neograhamites kiliani (83387) Neograhamites sp. 1 (83385) Neograhamites sp. 2, Neograhamites kiliani (83386)
Late/Upper Campanian83.6 - 72.2Austria Yokoyamaoceras sp. (48008)
Late/Upper Campanian83.6 - 72.2France Pseudokossmaticeras brandti (82889)
Late/Upper Campanian83.6 - 72.2USA (Arkansas) Pseudokossmaticeras galicianum (83049)
Late/Upper Campanian83.6 - 72.2South Africa Gunnarites antarcticus (82696) Maorites subtilistriatus (82458)
Late/Upper Campanian83.6 - 72.2France (Landes) Pseudokossmaticeras brandti (213797 213862 214034) Pseudokossmaticeras brandti, Pseudokossmaticeras tercense (213805) Pseudokossmaticeras sp. (214024 214038) Pseudokossmaticeras sp., Pseudokossmaticeras tercense (38811) Pseudokossmaticeras tercense (213783 213785 213801 214056 214083 214203)
Campanian - Early/Lower Maastrichtian83.6 - 66.0New Zealand (Chatham Islands) Maorites sp. (3641 3642)
Haumurian83.6 - 66.0New Zealand (North Auckland) Maorites tenuicostatus, Jacobites quadratus, Jacobites marwicki, Maorites multiconstrictus, Gunnarites spathi (233889)
Haumurian83.6 - 66.0New Zealand Gunnarites zelandicus (78379 78380)
Haumurian83.6 - 66.0New Zealand (Auckland) Tainuia aucklandica (233894)
Haumurian83.6 - 66.0New Zealand (Northland) Jacobites angularis, Gunnarites varicostatus (233888)
Late/Upper Campanian - Early/Lower Maastrichtian83.6 - 66.0Antarctica Gunnarites antarcticus (39620)
Maastrichtian - Late/Upper Campanian72.2 - 72.2Antarctica (Seymour Island) Gunnarites bhavaniformis (3124)
Early/Lower Maastrichtian72.2 - 66.0Antarctica (Seymour Island) Maorites seymourianus (3157) Maorites wedellensis, Maorites seymourianus, Grossouvrites gemmatus (3158)
Early/Lower Maastrichtian72.2 - 66.0Antarctica Grossouvrites gemmatus (158406 158438 158439 158442 158443) Gunnarites sp. (48458) Maorites densicostatus (82961) Maorites densicostatus, Maorites tuberculatus, Grossouvrites gemmatus (83552) Maorites seymourianus (82951 158391 158392 158393 158394 158395 158400 158401 158408 158409 158411 158412 158413 158428 158429 158430 158431 158432 158433 158434 208366) Maorites seymourianus, Grossouvrites gemmatus (158403) Maorites seymourianus, Maorites weddelliensis (158405 158414) Maorites seymourianus, Maorites weddelliensis, Grossouvrites gemmatus (158407 158435) Maorites sp., Gunnarites antarcticus, Jacobites crofti (83550) Maorites tuberculatus, Maorites weddelliensis (83551) Maorites weddelliensis (158396)
Early/Lower Maastrichtian72.2 - 66.0Russian Federation Pseudokossmaticeras galicianum (183330)
Early/Lower Maastrichtian72.2 - 66.0Chile (Valparaíso) Grossouvrites sp. (124311)
Early/Lower Maastrichtian72.2 - 66.0France (Landes) Pseudokossmaticeras galicianum (214063 214116) Pseudokossmaticeras sp. (214111 214189)
Early/Lower Maastrichtian72.2 - 66.0Austria (Lower Austria) Pseudokossmaticeras brandti, Pseudokossmaticeras duereri (226428)
Early/Lower Maastrichtian72.2 - 66.0France Brahmaites brahma (165820)
Early/Lower Maastrichtian72.2 - 66.0Bulgaria Pseudokossmaticeras galicianum (188088)
Early/Lower Maastrichtian72.2 - 66.0Belgium Pseudokossmaticeras galicianum (82909)
Early/Lower Maastrichtian72.2 - 66.0Ukraine Pseudokossmaticeras galicianum (183327)
Early/Lower Maastrichtian72.2 - 66.0Turkmenistan Pseudokossmaticeras galicianum (183329)
Late/Upper Maastrichtian72.2 - 66.0South Africa Brahmaites mikobokensis (177454) Pseudokossmaticeras pacificum (177453)
Late/Upper Maastrichtian72.2 - 66.0Antarctica (Seymour Island) Maorites densicostatus, Grossouvrites gemmatus (3166 3169) Maorites densicostatus, Grossouvrites johare (166011 166012) Maorites densicostatus, Maorites seymourianus, Grossouvrites johare (166010) Maorites seymourianus, Maorites tuberculatus (166007) Maorites seymourianus, Maorites weddelliensis (166008) Maorites seymourianus, Maorites weddelliensis, Grossouvrites johare (166009) Maorites tuberculatus (166005 166006)
Late/Upper Maastrichtian72.2 - 66.0Antarctica Grossouvrites gemmatus (82956 82957 158441 158444 158445 158446 158447) Maorites densicostatus (82930 82931 82935 82936 82938 158315 158416 158418 158420) Maorites densicostatus, Grossouvrites gemmatus (82929 82933 82939 82958 158417 158419 158421 158422 158423 158424 158425 158426 158427 158440)
Late/Upper Maastrichtian72.2 - 66.0India Ammonites brahma, Ammonites vishnu (41428)
Late/Upper Maastrichtian72.2 - 66.0Chile (Concepcíon) Kossmaticeras sp. (13309)
Late/Upper Maastrichtian72.2 - 66.0Chile (Puerto Natales) Gunnarites sp. (140919)
Late/Upper Maastrichtian72.2 - 66.0France Puzosia haugi (165598)
Late/Upper Maastrichtian72.2 - 66.0Oman Brahmaites vishnu (175463)
Late/Upper Maastrichtian72.2 - 66.0Chile Gunnarites bhavaniformis, Grossouvrites gemmatus, Kossmaticeras erbeni (165502) Gunnarites kalika, Gunnarites antarcticus (83613) Gunnarites kalika, Gunnarites antarcticus, Gunnarites bhavaniformis, Maorites tenuicostatus, Gunnarites zelandicus (83614) Gunnarites kalika, Maorites densicostatus, Maorites suturalis (83617) Gunnarites sp. (83616) Kossmaticeras erbeni (165489 165500 165501 165503) Maorites densicostatus, Gunnarites bhavaniformis, Grossouvrites gemmatus, Kossmaticeras erbeni, Grossouvrites joharae (165492 165499) Maorites densicostatus, Gunnarites bhavaniformis, Kossmaticeras erbeni, Grossouvrites joharae (165491) Maorites densicostatus, Maorites tenuicostatus (83618)
Maastrichtian72.2 - 66.0South Africa Brahmaites mikobokensis (66072) Gunnarites antarcticus (82695) Gunnarites kalika (82508)
Maastrichtian72.2 - 66.0Antarctica Grossouvrites gemmatus (82945 82949 158398 166170 166171 166172 166173) Maorites densicostatus (82948 82962 82964 82965 82966 82968 82969 82970 82974 82977 82978 82982) Maorites densicostatus, Grossouvrites gemmatus (82937 82950 82963 82967 82971 82972 82973 82975 82976 82979 82980 82981 82983) Maorites weddelliensis (82941)
Maastrichtian72.2 - 66.0Antarctica (Seymour Island) Maorites densicostatus (63513 63518) Maorites densicostatus, Grossouvrites gemmatus (3161) Maorites tuberculatus (3156)
Maastrichtian72.2 - 66.0Jamaica Pseudokossmaticeras sp. (167482)
Maastrichtian72.2 - 66.0Australia (Western Australia) Grossouvrites gemmatus (83759) Gunnarites kalika (83861 83864 157784 157789 157790) Gunnarites kalika, Brahmaites kossmati (157788) Gunnarites kalika, Grossouvrites gemmatus (83854 83855) Gunnarites kalika, Grossouvrites gemmatus, Gunnarites raggatti, Brahmaites kossmati (83862) Gunnarites kalika, Grossouvrites gemmatus, Gunnarites raggatti, Kossmaticeras brunnschweileri, Brahmaites kossmati (83857) Gunnarites kalika, Grossouvrites gemmatus, Neograhamites carnarvonensis (157785) Gunnarites kalika, Gunnarites raggatti (157786) Gunnarites kalika, Kossmaticeras brunnschweileri (157781) Gunnarites kalika, Kossmaticeras sp., Grossouvrites gemmatus, Gunnarites raggatti, Kossmaticeras brunnschweileri (157778) Gunnarites kalika, Maorites densicostatus (83851 83856 157791) Gunnarites kalika, Maorites densicostatus, Grossouvrites gemmatus (83852 157777 157792) Gunnarites kalika, Maorites densicostatus, Grossouvrites gemmatus, Brahmaites kossmati (83845) Gunnarites kalika, Maorites densicostatus, Grossouvrites gemmatus, Kossmaticeras brunnschweileri (83853) Gunnarites kalika, Maorites densicostatus, Gunnarites raggatti (83850) Kossmaticeras aemilianus (82388)