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Spinikosmoceras

Cephalopoda - Ammonitida - Kosmoceratidae

Taxonomy
Spinokosmoceras is a genus. It is not extant.

It was corrected as Spinikosmoceras by Arkell et al. (1957).

It was assigned to Kosmoceratidae by Arkell et al. (1957); and to Ammonoidea by Sepkoski (2002).

Species

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1957Spinikosmoceras Arkell et al. p. 301
2002Spinokosmoceras Sepkoski

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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
genusSpinikosmoceras

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.

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Spinikosmoceras aculeatum Eichwald 1893
Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
partNmeanminimummaximummedians.d.
shell height223.720.028.024.05.66
shell diameter258.048.070.059.015.6
shell inflation216.915.019.017.02.83

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: Early/Lower Callovian or 164.70000 to 161.20000 Ma

Collections (10 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Early/Lower Callovian164.7 - 161.2Switzerland S. aculeatum (171753)
Late/Upper Callovian164.7 - 161.2Switzerland S. aculeatum (171921)
Late/Upper Callovian164.7 - 161.2France S. arkelli (60440)
Middle Callovian164.7 - 161.2France S. castor (60543 60552 60617) S. castor, S. pollux (60564) S. pollux (60618)
Middle Callovian164.7 - 161.2Switzerland S. aculeatum (171733 171756)