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Kossmatella agassiziana

Cephalopoda - Ammonitida - Tetragonitidae

Taxonomy
Ammonites agassizianus was named by Pictet and Roux (1847). It is a 3D body fossil. It is the type species of Kossmatella.

It was recombined as Lytoceras (Kossmatella) agassizianum by Böse (1923); it was recombined as Kossmatella agassiziana by Szives (2007).

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1847Ammonites agassizianus Pictet and Roux p. 303 figs. pl. 4, figs. 3, 4
1923Lytoceras (Kossmatella) agassizianum Böse p. 128
2007Kossmatella agassiziana Szives p. 94

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
Bilateria
EubilateriaAx 1987
Protostomia
Spiralia
superphylumLophotrochozoa
phylumMollusca
classCephalopodaCuvier 1797
RankNameAuthor
subclassAmmonoidea()
orderAmmonitidaHaeckel 1866
suborderAmmonitinaHyatt 1889
superfamilyTetragonitoidea(Hyatt 1900)
familyTetragonitidaeHyatt 1900
subfamilyTetragonitinaeHyatt 1900
genusKossmatellaJacob 1907
speciesagassiziana(Pictet and Roux 1847)

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.

Kossmatella agassiziana Pictet and Roux 1847
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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 Late/Upper Barremian to the top of the Late/Upper Albian or 125.77000 to 100.50000 Ma

Collections (4 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Late/Upper Barremian125.77 - 121.4Italy Kossmatella agassiziana (71828)
Late/Upper Albian106.3 - 100.5France Kossmatella agassiziana (56680 58125 58431)