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Kosmoceratinae

Cephalopoda - Ammonitida - Kosmoceratidae

Taxonomy
Kosmoceratinae was named by Haug (1887).

It was assigned to Kosmoceratidae by Jain and Mazur (2021).

Subtaxa

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1887Kosmoceratinae Haug
2021Kosmoceratinae Jain and Mazur p. 412

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
Bilateria
EubilateriaAx 1987
Protostomia
Spiralia
superphylumLophotrochozoa
phylumMollusca
classCephalopodaCuvier 1797
RankNameAuthor
subclassAmmonoidea()
orderAmmonitidaHaeckel 1866
suborderAmmonitinaHyatt 1889
superfamilyPerisphinctoidea(Steinman 1890)
familyKosmoceratidaeHaug 1887
subfamilyKosmoceratinaeHaug 1887
subfamilyKosmoceratinaeHaug 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.

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
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 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 (England) Kosmoceras jasoni (199916)
Callovian165.3 - 161.5United Kingdom (Scotland) 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)
Callovian165.3 - 161.5USA (Alaska) Cosmoceras spinosum (158918)
Early/Lower Callovian165.3 - 161.5Chile (Antofagasta) Cosmoceras dunkeri (172173)
Late/Upper Callovian165.3 - 161.5France Kosmoceras annulatum, Kosmoceras spoliatum, Kosmoceras spinosum (60440) Kosmoceras 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 - 161.5Chile (Antofagasta) Cosmoceras sp. (172174)
Late/Upper Callovian165.3 - 161.5Sweden Kosmoceras spinosum (228427)
Late/Upper Callovian165.3 - 161.5Germany Kosmoceras geminatum, Kosmoceras kuklikum, Kosmoceras gemmatum, Kosmoceras rowlstonense (62283) Kosmoceras spinosum (62282 62285)
Late/Upper Callovian165.3 - 161.5Poland Kosmoceras rotundum (228419)
Middle Callovian165.3 - 161.5France Kosmoceras baylei (60562) Kosmoceras enodatum (60538) Kosmoceras planicerclus (60554) Kosmoceras planicerclus, Kosmoceras nodosum (60616)
Middle Callovian165.3 - 161.5United Kingdom (England) Kosmoceras jason (92051)
Middle Callovian165.3 - 161.5Germany Kosmoceras aculeatum (62272) Kosmoceras medea (62267) Kosmoceras pollux, Kosmoceras pollucinum, Kosmoceras crassum, Kosmoceras castor (62270)
Late/Upper Callovian - Early/Lower Oxfordian165.3 - 154.8Poland Kosmoceras duncani (228422)
Late/Upper Callovian - Early/Lower Kimmeridgian165.3 - 152.21Russian Federation Kosmoceras transitorius (213016)
Late/Upper Callovian - Kimmeridgian165.3 - 149.2Russian Federation Kosmoceras transitorius (213017 213018)
Late/Upper Callovian - Tithonian165.3 - 143.1Russian Federation Kosmoceras 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 Kosmoceras verrucosum (2247)