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Kossmatia alamitosensis

Cephalopoda - Ammonitida - Neocomitidae

Taxonomy
Perisphinctes alamitosensis was named by Aguilera (1895).

It was recombined as Kossmatia alamitosensis by Verma and Westermann (1973), Myczynski (1989).

Sister species lacking formal opinion data

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1895Perisphinctes alamitosensis Aguilera
1973Kossmatia alamitosensis Verma and Westermann p. 211 figs. Pl 39, figs 4-7; pl 40, fig 1; text-figs 16A, 17A, 18
1989Kossmatia alamitosensis Myczynski p. 93 figs. Pl 13, fig 3

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
Bilateria
EubilateriaAx 1987
Protostomia
Spiralia
superphylumLophotrochozoa
phylumMollusca
classCephalopodaCuvier 1797
RankNameAuthor
subclassAmmonoidea()
orderAmmonitidaHaeckel 1866
suborderAmmonitinaHyatt 1889
superfamilyPerisphinctoidea(Steinman 1890)
familyNeocomitidaeSalfeld 1921
subfamilyBerriasellinae(Spath 1922)
genusKossmatiaUhlig 1907
speciesalamitosensis(Aguilera 1895)

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.

Kossmatia alamitosensis Aguilera 1895
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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 Early/Lower Kimmeridgian to the top of the Middle Berriasian or 154.80000 to 139.10000 Ma

Collections (13 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Early/Lower Kimmeridgian154.8 - 152.21Mexico ( San Luis Potosí ) Kossmatia alamitosensis (192470)
Tithonian149.2 - 143.1Cuba Kossmatia alamitosensis (57715)
Late/Upper Tithonian145.06 - 143.1Mexico Kossmatia alamitosensis (197726 197730 197741 197744 197746 197750 197753 197968)
Early/Lower Berriasian - Middle Berriasian143.1 - 139.1Mexico ( San Luis Potosí ) Kossmatia alamitosensis (192472 192473 192497)