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Pseudokossmaticeras galicianum

Cephalopoda - Ammonitida - Kossmaticeratidae

Taxonomy
Ammonites galicianus was named by Favre (1869) [DISTRIBUTION: Maastrichtian; Europe.]. It is not a trace fossil.

It was recombined as Pachydiscus galicianus by Seunes (1891); it was recombined as Pseudokossmaticeras galicianum by Kennedy and Summesberger (1987), Kennedy and Cobban (1993), Arkadiev et al. (2000), Courville and Odin (2001).

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1869Ammonites galicianus Favre p. 16 figs. pl. 3, figs. 5, 6
1891Pachydiscus galicianus Seunes
1987Pseudokossmaticeras galicianum Kennedy and Summesberger p. 28
1993Pseudokossmaticeras galicianum Kennedy and Cobban p. 411
2000Pseudokossmaticeras galicianum Arkadiev et al. p. 109 figs. Pl 15, figs 2-4
2001Pseudokossmaticeras galicianum Courville and Odin p. 533 figs. Pl 7, fig 61

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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
speciesgalicianum(Favre 1869)

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.

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

Collections (8 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Late/Upper Campanian83.6 - 72.2USA (Arkansas) Pseudokossmaticeras galicianum (83049)
Early/Lower Maastrichtian72.2 - 66.0Bulgaria Pseudokossmaticeras galicianum (188088)
Early/Lower Maastrichtian72.2 - 66.0Turkmenistan Pseudokossmaticeras galicianum (183329)
Early/Lower Maastrichtian72.2 - 66.0Russian Federation Pseudokossmaticeras galicianum (183330)
Early/Lower Maastrichtian72.2 - 66.0Ukraine Pseudokossmaticeras galicianum (82909 183327)
Early/Lower Maastrichtian72.2 - 66.0France (Landes) Pseudokossmaticeras galicianum (214063 214116)