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Pseudokossmaticeras brandti

Cephalopoda - Ammonitida - Kossmaticeratidae

Taxonomy
Ammonites brandti was named by Redten bacher (1873) [DISTRIBUTION: Campanian; Europe..]. It is not a trace fossil.

It was recombined as Pseudokossmaticeras brandti by Kennedy and Bilotte (1995), Courville and Odin (2001).

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1873Ammonites brandti Redten bacher p. 106 figs. pl. 24, fig. 1
1995Pseudokossmaticeras brandti Kennedy and Bilotte p. 362
2001Pseudokossmaticeras brandti Courville and Odin p. 532 figs. Pl 7, figs 52-54

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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
genusPseudokossmaticerasSpath 1922
speciesbrandti(Redten bacher 1873)

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.

Pseudokossmaticeras brandti Redten bacher 1873
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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
partNmean
shell height144.5
shell diameter1132.0
shell inflation159.5

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 Late/Upper Campanian to the top of the Early/Lower Maastrichtian or 83.60000 to 66.00000 Ma

Collections (6 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Late/Upper Campanian83.6 - 72.2France Pseudokossmaticeras brandti (82889)
Late/Upper Campanian83.6 - 72.2France (Landes) Pseudokossmaticeras brandti (213797 213805 213862 214034)
Early/Lower Maastrichtian72.2 - 66.0Austria (Lower Austria) Pseudokossmaticeras brandti (226428)