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Kosmoceras

Cephalopoda - Ammonoida - Kosmoceratidae

Taxonomy
Kosmoceras was named by Waagen (1869) [Sepkoski's age data: J Call-m J Call-u]. It is not extant. Its type is Ammonites spinosus.

It was assigned to Cosmoceratidae by Imlay (1953); to Kosmoceratidae by Arkell et al. (1957), Callomon and Wright (1989); to Ammonoidea by Sepkoski (2002); and to Kosmoceratinae by Jain and Mazur (2021).

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1869Kosmoceras Waagen
1953Cosmoceras Imlay
1957Kosmoceras Arkell et al. p. 299
1989Kosmoceras Callomon and Wright
2002Kosmoceras Sepkoski
2021Kosmoceras Jain and Mazur p. 412

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
—Bilateria
—EubilateriaAx 1987
—Protostomia
—Spiralia
superphylumLophotrochozoa
phylumMollusca
classCephalopodaCuvier 1797
RankNameAuthor
subclassColeoideaBather 1888
orderAmmonoida(Haeckel 1866)
orderAmmonitidaHaeckel 1866
suborderAmmonitinaHyatt 1889
superfamilyPerisphinctoidea(Steinman 1890)
familyKosmoceratidaeHaug 1887
subfamilyKosmoceratinaeHaug 1887
genusKosmocerasWaagen 1869

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. †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
Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
partNmeanminimummaximummedians.d.
shell height818.510.046.017.012.9
shell diameter846.623.0126.045.034.9
shell inflation815.27.0047.014.812.9

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 Callovian to the top of the Valanginian or 165.30000 to 132.60000 Ma

Collections (45 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Jurassic201.4 - 143.1Chile (Región de Tarapacá) Cosmoceras ornatum (226158)
Callovian165.3 - 161.5United Kingdom (Scotland) K. degradatum, K. spinosum (163712) K. grossouveri (163709) K. medea, K. gulielmi (163707) K. proniae (163733) K. proniae, K. phaeinum (163710) K. proniae, K. spinosum (163713) K. spinosum (163711)
Callovian165.3 - 161.5United Kingdom (England) K. jasoni (199916)
Callovian165.3 - 161.5USA (Alaska) Cosmoceras spinosum (158918)
Early/Lower Callovian165.3 - 161.5Chile (Antofagasta) Cosmoceras dunkeri (172173)
Late/Upper Callovian165.3 - 161.5France K. annulatum, K. spoliatum, K. spinosum (60440) K. proniae (60544 60619)
Late/Upper Callovian165.3 - 161.5Switzerland Cosmoceras spinosum (171552 171752) Cosmoceras spinosum, Cosmoceras duncani (171572 171588 171589) Cosmoceras spoliatum (171582)
Late/Upper Callovian165.3 - 161.5Germany K. geminatum, K. kuklikum, K. gemmatum, K. rowlstonense (62283) K. spinosum (62282 62285)
Late/Upper Callovian165.3 - 161.5Sweden K. spinosum (228427)
Late/Upper Callovian165.3 - 161.5Poland K. rotundum (228419)
Late/Upper Callovian165.3 - 161.5Chile (Antofagasta) Cosmoceras sp. (172174)
Middle Callovian165.3 - 161.5Germany K. aculeatum (62272) K. medea (62267) K. pollux, K. pollucinum, K. crassum, K. castor (62270)
Middle Callovian165.3 - 161.5France K. baylei (60562) K. enodatum (60538) K. planicerclus (60554) K. planicerclus, K. nodosum (60616)
Middle Callovian165.3 - 161.5United Kingdom (England) K. jason (92051)
Late/Upper Callovian - Early/Lower Oxfordian165.3 - 154.8Poland K. duncani (228422)
Late/Upper Callovian - Early/Lower Kimmeridgian165.3 - 152.21Russian Federation K. transitorius (213016)
Late/Upper Callovian - Kimmeridgian165.3 - 149.2Russian Federation K. transitorius (213017 213018)
Late/Upper Callovian - Tithonian165.3 - 143.1Russian Federation K. transitorius (213019)
Early/Lower Oxfordian161.5 - 154.8Switzerland Cosmoceras duncani (171751) Cosmoceras spinosum (171566 171602)
Oxfordian161.5 - 154.8United Kingdom (England) Ammonites gemmatus (100669)
Oxfordian161.5 - 154.8Chile (Antofagasta) Cosmoceras sp. (172175)
Valanginian137.05 - 132.6Switzerland K. verrucosum (2247)