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Kosmoceratidae

Cephalopoda - Ammonitida - Kosmoceratidae

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1887Kosmoceratidae Haug
1953Cosmoceratidae Imlay
1957Kosmoceratidae Arkell et al. p. 298
2021Kosmoceratidae Jain and Mazur p. 412

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

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.

Fm. †Kosmoceratidae Haug 1887
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G. †Gowericeras Buckman 1921
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†Gowericeras spinosum Imlay 1953
G. †Gulielmiceras Buckman 1920
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G. †Hoplikosmokeras Buckman 1924
G. †Kepplerites Neumayr and Uhlig 1892
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Subg. †Kepplerites (Kepplerites) Neumayr and Uhlig 1892
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†Kepplerites enodatum Nikitin 1881
Subfm. †Kosmoceratinae Haug 1887
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G. †Kosmoceras Waagen 1869
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†Cosmoceras duncani Sowerby 1816
†Cosmoceras paracontrarium Burckhardt 1927
†Cosmoceras spoliatum Quenstedt 1858
†Kosmoceras gemmatum Phillips 1835
†Kosmoceras rotundum Quenstedt 1846
†Kosmoceras rowlstonense Young and Bird 1822
†Kosmoceras spinosum Sowerby 1826
G. †Sigaloceras Hyatt 1900
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†Sigaloceras calloviensis Sowerby 1815
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Invalid names: Ammonites galilaeii Oppel 1862 [synonym]
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†Spinikosmoceras aculeatum Eichwald 1893
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†Zugokosmoceras jason Reinecke 1818
†Zugokosmoceras obductum Buckman 1925
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 2003, Kiessling 2004

Age range: base of the Bathonian to the top of the Valanginian or 168.30000 to 132.90000 Ma

Collections (109 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Jurassic201.4 - 145.0Chile (Región de Tarapacá) Cosmoceras ornatum (226158)
Bathonian168.3 - 166.1Canada (British Columbia) Kepplerites sp., Kepplerites tychonis (37609)
Bathonian - Callovian168.3 - 163.5Canada (British Columbia) Kepplerites loganianus (37629) Kepplerites sp. (37628 37630)
Callovian166.1 - 163.5United Kingdom (Scotland) Kepplerites gowerianus (163723) Kosmoceras degradatum, Kosmoceras spinosum (163712) Kosmoceras grossouveri (163709) Kosmoceras medea, Kosmoceras gulielmi (163707) Kosmoceras proniae (163733) Kosmoceras proniae, Kosmoceras phaeinum (163710) Kosmoceras proniae, Kosmoceras spinosum (163713) Kosmoceras spinosum (163711)
Callovian166.1 - 163.5United Kingdom (England) Kosmoceras jasoni (199916)
Callovian166.1 - 163.5Svalbard and Jan Mayen Kepplerites svalbardensis, Kepplerites tychonis (212943 212974)
Callovian166.1 - 163.5USA (California) Kepplerites lindgreni (192807) Kepplerites lorinclarki (192805)
Callovian166.1 - 163.5USA (Alaska) Cosmoceras alaskanum (158901) Cosmoceras spinosum (158918) Gowericeras sp., Gowericeras snugharborense (158650) Gowericeras spinosum (158910) Kepplerites abruptus (158992 158993) Kepplerites alticostatus (158655) Kepplerites alticostatus, Kepplerites abruptus (158907) Kepplerites alticostatus, Kepplerites ingrahami (158905) Kepplerites gittinsi (158920) Kepplerites ingrahami (158654) Kepplerites ingrahami, Kepplerites plenus (158954) Kepplerites mcevoyi (158919) Kepplerites multus, Kepplerites ingrahami, Kepplerites mcevoyi (158915) Kepplerites sp. (68900 68901 68911) Kepplerites tychonis (68896 158649) Kepplerites tychonis, Cosmoceras alaskanum (158902)
Early/Lower Callovian164.7 - 161.2Russian Federation Kepplerites crucifer, Kepplerites curtilobus, Kepplerites trichophorus (38837)
Early/Lower Callovian164.7 - 161.2Chile (Antofagasta) Cosmoceratidae indet., Cosmoceras dunkeri (172173)
Early/Lower Callovian164.7 - 161.2Switzerland Kepplerites enodatum (171754 171755) Kepplerites enodatum, Zugokosmoceras jason (171556) Kepplerites sp., Kepplerites enodatum, Spinikosmoceras aculeatum (171753) Zugokosmoceras jason (171758)
Early/Lower Callovian164.7 - 161.2Azerbaijan Kepplerites keppleri (163867)
Early/Lower Callovian164.7 - 161.2France Gowericeras toricellii (60548) Toricellites lahuseni (60565)
Early/Lower Callovian164.7 - 161.2Germany Gowericeras trichophorum (62262) Kepplerites keppleri (62259) Sigaloceras enodatum (62263)
Late/Upper Callovian164.7 - 161.2Poland Kosmoceras rotundum (228419)
Late/Upper Callovian164.7 - 161.2France Kosmoceras annulatum, Kosmoceras spoliatum, Spinikosmoceras arkelli, Kosmoceras spinosum (60440) Kosmoceras proniae (60544 60619)
Late/Upper Callovian164.7 - 161.2Chile (Antofagasta) Cosmoceras sp. (172174)
Late/Upper Callovian164.7 - 161.2Germany Kosmoceras geminatum, Kosmoceras kuklikum, Kosmoceras gemmatum, Kosmoceras rowlstonense (62283) Kosmoceras spinosum (62282 62285)
Late/Upper Callovian164.7 - 161.2Sweden Kosmoceras spinosum (228427)
Late/Upper Callovian164.7 - 161.2Switzerland Cosmoceras spinosum (171552 171752) Cosmoceras spinosum, Cosmoceras duncani (171588) Cosmoceras spinosum, Cosmoceras duncani, Zugokosmoceras jason (171589) Cosmoceras spoliatum (171582) Kepplerites sp., Cosmoceras spinosum, Cosmoceras duncani (171572) Spinikosmoceras aculeatum (171921) Zugokosmoceras jason (171574 171606 171759) Zugokosmoceras obductum (171565)
Late/Upper Callovian164.7 - 161.2Madagascar Kepplerites sp. (98170)
Middle Callovian164.7 - 161.2France Gulielmiceras complanatum, Spinikosmoceras castor, Zugokosmoceras obductum (60617) Gulielmiceras complanatum, Zugokosmoceras enodatum (60613) Gulielmiceras gulielmii, Zugokosmoceras medea (60556) Gulielmiceras ventricosum, Spinikosmoceras pollux (60618) Kepplerites guielmii (169953) Kosmoceras baylei, Zugokosmoceras jason (60562) Kosmoceras enodatum (60538) Kosmoceras jason (169932) Kosmoceras planicerclus, Kosmoceras nodosum, Zugokosmoceras enodatum, Zugokosmoceras medea, Zugokosmoceras jason (60616) Kosmoceras planicerclus, Zugokosmoceras enodatum, Gowericeras evolutum (60554) Spinikosmoceras castor (60543 60552) Spinikosmoceras castor, Spinikosmoceras pollux, Zugokosmoceras obductum (60564) Zugokosmoceras jason (60542) Zugokosmoceras medea (60540)
Middle Callovian164.7 - 161.2United Kingdom (England) Kosmoceras jason (92051)
Middle Callovian164.7 - 161.2Switzerland Kepplerites enodatum, Zugokosmoceras jason (171554) Spinikosmoceras aculeatum (171733 171756) Zugokosmoceras jason (171757) Zugokosmoceras obductum (171592 171595)
Middle Callovian164.7 - 161.2Germany Kosmoceras aculeatum (62272) Kosmoceras medea (62267) Kosmoceras pollux, Kosmoceras pollucinum, Kosmoceras crassum, Kosmoceras castor (62270)
Middle Callovian - Late/Upper Callovian164.7 - 161.2Switzerland Zugokosmoceras jason (171568)
Late/Upper Callovian - Early/Lower Oxfordian164.7 - 155.7Poland Kosmoceras duncani (228422)
Late/Upper Callovian - Kimmeridgian164.7 - 152.1Russian Federation Kosmoceras transitorius (213017 213018)
Late/Upper Callovian - Early/Lower Kimmeridgian164.7 - 150.8Russian Federation Kosmoceras transitorius (213016)
Late/Upper Callovian - Tithonian164.7 - 145.0Russian Federation Kosmoceras transitorius (213019)
Oxfordian163.5 - 157.3United Kingdom (England) Ammonites gemmatus (100669)
Oxfordian163.5 - 157.3Chile (Antofagasta) Cosmoceras sp. (172175)
Early/Lower Oxfordian161.2 - 155.7Switzerland Cosmoceras duncani (171751) Cosmoceras spinosum (171566 171602)
Valanginian139.8 - 132.9Switzerland Kosmoceras verrucosum (2247)