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Kosmoceras gemmatum

Cephalopoda - Ammonitida - Kosmoceratidae

Taxonomy
Ammonites gemmatus was named by Phillips (1835).

It was recombined as Kosmoceras gemmatum by Callomon et al. (1987).

Sister species lacking formal opinion data

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1835Ammonites gemmatus Phillips
1987Kosmoceras gemmatum Callomon et al.

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
Bilateria
EubilateriaAx 1987
Protostomia
Spiralia
superphylumLophotrochozoa
phylumMollusca
classCephalopodaCuvier 1797
RankNameAuthor
subclassAmmonoidea()
orderAmmonitida
suborderAmmonitinaHyatt 1889
superfamilyPerisphinctoidea(Steinman 1890)
familyKosmoceratidaeHaug 1887
subfamilyKosmoceratinaeHaug 1887
genusKosmocerasWaagen 1869
speciesgemmatum(Phillips 1835)

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.

Kosmoceras gemmatum Phillips 1835
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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 2003, Kiessling 2004

Age range: base of the Oxfordian to the top of the Late/Upper Callovian or 163.50000 to 161.20000 Ma

Collections (2 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Late/Upper Callovian164.7 - 161.2Germany Kosmoceras gemmatum (62283)
Oxfordian163.5 - 157.3United Kingdom (England) Ammonites gemmatus (100669)