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Grossouvrites gemmatus

Cephalopoda - Ammonitida - Kossmaticeratidae

Taxonomy
Ammonites gemmatus was named by Huppe (1854) [DISTRIBUTION: Maastrichtian; Antarctica.]. It is not a trace fossil.

It was recombined as Grossouvrites gemmatus by Spath (1953), Henderson and McNamara (1985), Macellari (1986), McNamara et al. (1988), Salazar et al. (2010).

Sister species lacking formal opinion data
G. occultus

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1854Ammonites gemmatus Huppe p. 35 figs. pl. 1, figs. 3, 3a
1953Grossouvrites gemmatus Spath p. 29 figs. Pl 5, fig 1
1985Grossouvrites gemmatus Henderson and McNamara p. 66 figs. Pl 5, figs 1-7
1986Grossouvrites gemmatus Macellari p. 43
1988Grossouvrites gemmatus McNamara et al. p. 164
2010Grossouvrites gemmatus Salazar et al. p. 206 figs. 21b, 22b, 23, 24b-e

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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
genusGrossouvrites(Kilian and Reboul 1909)
speciesgemmatus(Huppe 1854)

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.

†Grossouvrites gemmatus Huppe 1854
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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
partNmeanminimummaximummedians.d.
shell height1036.412.0102.039.525.7
shell diameter1081.630.0218.084.556.8
shell inflation1019.310.551.017.911.4

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: Maastrichtian or 72.20000 to 66.00000 Ma

Collections (20 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Late/Upper Maastrichtian72.2 - 66.0Chile Grossouvrites gemmatus (165492 165499 165502)
Maastrichtian72.2 - 66.0Antarctica Grossouvrites gemmatus (166170 166171 166172 166173)
Maastrichtian72.2 - 66.0Argentina (Santa Cruz) Grossouvrites gemmatus (242071)
Maastrichtian72.2 - 66.0Australia (Western Australia) Grossouvrites gemmatus (83759 83845 83852 83853 83854 83855 83857 83862 157777 157778 157785 157792)