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Kossmaticeras (Kossmaticeras)

Cephalopoda - Ammonitida - Kossmaticeratidae

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1901Kossmaticeras (Kossmaticeras) de Grossouvre
1970Kossmaticeras (Kossmaticeras) Henderson p. 36
1985Kossmaticeras (Kossmaticeras) Kennedy and Klinger p. 170
1985Kossmaticeras (Kossmaticeras) Klinger p. 7
2007Kossmaticeras (Kossmaticeras) Kennedy et al. p. 516
2018Kossmaticeras (Kossmaticeras) 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
genusKossmaticeras
subgenusKossmaticerasde Grossouvre 1901

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.

Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
partNmeanminimummaximummedians.d.
shell height423.514.630.626.26.94
shell diameter460.237.382.065.819.4
shell inflation418.211.928.218.47.17

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 2003, Kiessling 2004

Age range: base of the Turonian to the top of the Late/Upper Santonian or 93.90000 to 83.60000 Ma

Collections (16 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Late/Upper Turonian93.9 - 89.8Madagascar (Toliara) Kossmaticeras sparsicostatum (46608)
Turonian93.9 - 89.8Antarctica Kossmaticeras sakondryense (83337)
Coniacian89.8 - 85.7India (Tamil Nadu) 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)
Coniacian - Santonian89.8 - 83.6Argentina Holcodiscus theobaldianus (83690)
Piripauan86.1 - 83.6New Zealand Kossmaticeras haumuriensis (78370 83523)
Late/Upper Santonian85.7 - 83.6South Africa Kossmaticeras inornatum (82520)