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Kossmaticeras (Kossmaticeras) sparsicostatum
Taxonomy
Holcodiscus sparsicostatus was named by Kossmat (1897) [DISTRIBUTION: Coniacian; southern Africa, India.]. It is not a trace fossil.
It was recombined as Kossmaticeras (Kossmaticeras) sparsicostatum by Kennedy and Klinger (1985).
It was recombined as Kossmaticeras (Kossmaticeras) sparsicostatum by Kennedy and Klinger (1985).
Sister species lacking formal opinion data
Synonymy list
| Year | Name and author |
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| 1897 | Holcodiscus sparsicostatus Kossmat p. 38 figs. pl. 6, figs. 17 |
| 1985 | Kossmaticeras (Kossmaticeras) sparsicostatum Kennedy and Klinger p. 179 |
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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.
†Kossmaticeras (Kossmaticeras) sparsicostatum Kossmat 1897
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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
| part | N | mean | |||||
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| shell height | 1 | 30.6 | |||||
| shell diameter | 1 | 82.0 | |||||
| shell inflation | 1 | 28.2 |
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| References: Kiessling 2003, Kiessling 2004 | |||||
Age range: base of the Late/Upper Turonian to the top of the Middle Coniacian or 93.50000 to 85.80000 Ma
Collections (2 total)
| Time interval | Ma | Country or state | Original ID and collection number |
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| Late/Upper Turonian | Madagascar (Toliara) | Kossmaticeras sparsicostatum (46608) | |
| Middle Coniacian | South Africa | Kossmaticeras sparsicostatum (82440) |