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Kossmaticeras

Cephalopoda - Ammonitida - Kossmaticeratidae

Discussion

Nom. nov. pro Holcodiseus Kossmat, non Nenmayr or Uhlig

Taxonomy

Kossmaticeras was named by Grossouvre (1901) [Sepkoski's age data: K Turo-u K Maes-u]. Its type is Ammonites theobaldianus. It is the type genus of Kossmaticeratidae, Kossmaticeratinae.

It was assigned to Kossmaticeratidae by Henderson (1970), Kennedy et al. (1973); to Ammonoidea by Sepkoski (2002); and to Kossmaticeratinae by Kennedy and Klinger (1985), Klinger (1985), Ward and Kennedy (1993), Kennedy et al. (2007), Kennedy (2018).

Species

K. (Jacobites), K. (Karapadites), K. (Kossmaticeras), K. (Natalites), K. canadense

Species lacking formal opinion data

K. acuticostatus, K. aemilianus, K. centinelaensis, K. japonicum

Synonyms

Madrasites was named by Kilian and Reboul (1909).

It was reranked as Kossmaticeras (Madrasites) by Kilian and Reboul (1909), Anderson (1958); it was synonymized subjectively with Kossmaticeras by Haas (1948), Henderson (1970).

It was assigned to Kossmaticeras by Kilian and Reboul (1909), Anderson (1958).
Pesudoholcodiscus was named by Kilian and Reboul (1909).

It was synonymized subjectively with Kossmaticeras by Henderson (1970).

Synonymy list

Year	Name and author
1901	Kossmaticeras Grossouvre p. 719
1909	Madrasites Kilian and Reboul
1909	Pesudoholcodiscus Kilian and Reboul
1909	Kossmaticeras (Madrasites) Kilian and Reboul p. 30
1958	Kossmaticeras (Madrasites) Anderson p. 241
1970	Kossmaticeras Henderson p. 35
1973	Kossmaticeras Kennedy et al. p. 101
1985	Kossmaticeras Kennedy and Klinger p. 170
1985	Kossmaticeras Klinger p. 7
1993	Kossmaticeras Ward and Kennedy p. 30
2002	Kossmaticeras Sepkoski
2007	Kossmaticeras Kennedy et al. p. 516
2018	Kossmaticeras Kennedy p. 675

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Rank	Name	Author
kingdom	Animalia	()
—	Bilateria
—	Eubilateria	Ax 1987
—	Protostomia
—	Spiralia
superphylum	Lophotrochozoa
phylum	Mollusca
class	Cephalopoda	Cuvier 1797

Rank	Name	Author
subclass	Ammonoidea	()
order	Ammonitida	Haeckel 1866
suborder	Ammonitina	Hyatt 1889
superfamily	Desmoceratoidea	(Zittel 1895)
family	Kossmaticeratidae	Spath 1922
subfamily	Kossmaticeratinae	Spath 1922
genus	Kossmaticeras

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.

G. †Kossmaticeras Grossouvre 1901

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Subg. †Kossmaticeras (Jacobites) Kilian and Reboul 1909

Subg. †Kossmaticeras (Karapadites) Collignon 1954

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†Kossmaticeras (Karapadites) besairieri Collignon 1954

†Kossmaticeras (Karapadites) karapadensis Kossmat 1897

†Kossmaticeras (Karapadites) madrasinus Stolickza 1865

†Kossmaticeras (Karapadites) planissimus Collignon 1966

Subg. †Kossmaticeras (Kossmaticeras) de Grossouvre 1901

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†Kossmaticeras (Kossmaticeras) haumuriensis Hector 1886

†Kossmaticeras (Kossmaticeras) inornatum Collignon 1966

†Kossmaticeras (Kossmaticeras) jeletzkyi Collignon 1965

†Kossmaticeras (Kossmaticeras) jonesi Collignon 1965

†Kossmaticeras (Kossmaticeras) sakondryense Collignon 1954

†Kossmaticeras (Kossmaticeras) sparsicostatum Kossmat 1897

†Kossmaticeras (Kossmaticeras) theobaldianum Stolickza 1865

Subg. †Kossmaticeras (Natalites) Collignon 1954

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†Kossmaticeras (Natalites) africanus van Hoepen 1920

Invalid names: Madrasites natalensis Spath 1922 [synonym]

†Kossmaticeras (Natalites) africanus faku van Hoepen 1920

†Kossmaticeras (Natalites) bensoni Henderson 1970

†Kossmaticeras (Natalites) brunnschweileri Henderson and McNamara 1985

†Kossmaticeras (Natalites) elegans Kennedy and Klinger 1985

†Kossmaticeras (Natalites) erbeni Stinnesbeck 1986

†Kossmaticeras (Natalites) multicostatum Marshall 1926

†Kossmaticeras (Natalites) regularis Marshall 1926

†Kossmaticeras (Natalites) similis Spath 1921

†Kossmaticeras (Natalites) sulcatus Marshall 1926

†Kossmaticeras canadense McLearn 1972

Invalid names: Madrasites Kilian and Reboul 1909 [synonym], Pesudoholcodiscus Kilian and Reboul 1909 [synonym]

Diagnosis

No diagnoses are available

Measurements

part	N	mean	minimum	maximum	median	s.d.
shell height	25	18.4	5.00	65.0	21.0	15.8
shell diameter	25	48.9	12.0	160.0	57.0	40.6
shell inflation	25	16.8	5.00	46.5	16.0	11.8

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 Albian to the top of the Late/Upper Maastrichtian or 113.20000 to 66.00000 Ma

Collections (45 total)

Time interval	Ma	Country or state	Original ID and collection number
Albian	113.2 - 100.5	Canada (British Columbia)	K. canadense (87478)
Late/Upper Turonian	93.9 - 89.8	Madagascar (Toliara)	K. sparsicostatum (46608)
Turonian	93.9 - 89.8	Antarctica	K. sakondryense (83337)
Coniacian	89.8 - 85.7	India (Tamil Nadu)	K. bhavani, K. theobaldianum (46393 46442)
Early/Lower Coniacian	89.8 - 85.7	Angola	K. theobaldianum (210899)
Early/Lower Coniacian	89.8 - 85.7	India (Tamil Nadu)	K. theobaldianum (198607 198608 198609)
Middle Coniacian	89.8 - 85.7	South Africa	K. jonesi (82443 82451) K. sakondryense (82444) K. sparsicostatum, K. jeletzkyi (82440)
Middle Coniacian	89.8 - 85.7	India (Tamil Nadu)	K. theobaldi (46503)
Coniacian - Santonian	89.8 - 83.6	USA (California)	K. japonicum (185380)
Coniacian - Santonian	89.8 - 83.6	Argentina	Holcodiscus theobaldianus (83690)
Piripauan	86.1 - 83.6	New Zealand (Northland)	K. whangaroaensis, K. sulcatum (233887)
Piripauan	86.1 - 83.6	New Zealand	K. haumuriensis (78370 83523) K. sulcatum (83441)
Piripauan - Haumurian	86.1 - 66.0	New Zealand (Auckland)	K. sp., K. sp., K. regularis (233885)
Late/Upper Santonian	85.7 - 83.6	South Africa	K. inornatum, K. africanus (82520) K. madrasinus, K. besairieri, K. planissimus (82628)
Middle Santonian	85.7 - 83.6	South Africa	Madrasites africanum (82473) Madrasites similis (82461)
Santonian	85.7 - 83.6	South Africa	K. elegans (71004) K. similis (66070)
Campanian	83.6 - 72.2	Antarctica	Karapadites centinelaensis (83352)
Campanian	83.6 - 72.2	South Africa	K. acuticostatus (82728) K. karapadensis (71008)
Early/Lower Campanian	83.6 - 72.2	Antarctica	K. centinelaensis (83383)
Late/Upper Maastrichtian	72.2 - 66.0	Chile	K. erbeni (165489 165491 165492 165499 165500 165501 165502 165503)
Late/Upper Maastrichtian	72.2 - 66.0	Chile (Concepcíon)	K. sp. (13309)
Maastrichtian	72.2 - 66.0	Australia (Western Australia)	K. aemilianus (82388) K. brunnschweileri (83853 83857 157781) K. sp., K. brunnschweileri (157778)