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Zugokosmoceras

Cephalopoda - Ammonitida - Kosmoceratidae

Taxonomy
Zugokosmoceras was named as a genus. It is not extant.

It was reranked as Kosmoceras (Zugokosmoceras) by Arkell (1939).

It was assigned to Kosmoceras by Arkell (1939); to Kosmoceratidae by Arkell et al. (1957); and to Ammonoidea by Sepkoski (2002).

Species lacking formal opinion data

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1939Kosmoceras (Zugokosmoceras) Arkell
1957Zugokosmoceras Arkell et al. p. 300
2002Zugokosmoceras Sepkoski

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
Bilateria
EubilateriaAx 1987
Protostomia
Spiralia
superphylumLophotrochozoa
phylumMollusca
RankNameAuthor
classCephalopodaCuvier 1797
subclassAmmonoidea()
orderAmmonitidaHaeckel 1866
suborderAmmonitinaHyatt 1889
superfamilyPerisphinctoidea(Steinman 1890)
familyKosmoceratidaeHaug 1887
genusZugokosmoceras

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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Zugokosmoceras jason Reinecke 1818
Zugokosmoceras obductum Buckman 1925
Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
partNmeanminimummaximummedians.d.
shell height220.114.029.021.510.6
shell diameter249.535.070.052.524.7
shell inflation213.19.5018.013.86.01

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: Early/Lower Callovian or 165.30000 to 161.50000 Ma

Collections (22 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Early/Lower Callovian165.3 - 161.5Switzerland Z. jason (171556 171758)
Late/Upper Callovian165.3 - 161.5Switzerland Z. jason (171574 171589 171606 171759) Z. obductum (171565)
Middle Callovian165.3 - 161.5Switzerland Z. jason (171554 171757) Z. obductum (171592 171595)
Middle Callovian165.3 - 161.5France Kosmoceras jason (169932) Z. enodatum (60554 60613) Z. enodatum, Z. medea, Z. jason (60616) Z. jason (60542 60562) Z. medea (60540 60556) Z. obductum (60564 60617)
Middle Callovian - Late/Upper Callovian165.3 - 161.5Switzerland Z. jason (171568)