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Cosmetodon
Taxonomy
Grammatodon (Cosmetodon) was named by Branson (1942) [Sepkoski's age data: P Leon-m J Tith-u Sepkoski's reference number: 663].
It was reranked as Cosmetodon by Vokes (1980), Sepkoski (2002) and Stiller (2006).
It was assigned to Grammatodontinae by Vokes (1980); to Arcoida by Sepkoski (2002); to Parallelodontidae by Stiller (2006); and to Grammatodon by Branson (1942) and Ros-Franch et al. (2014).
It was reranked as Cosmetodon by Vokes (1980), Sepkoski (2002) and Stiller (2006).
It was assigned to Grammatodontinae by Vokes (1980); to Arcoida by Sepkoski (2002); to Parallelodontidae by Stiller (2006); and to Grammatodon by Branson (1942) and Ros-Franch et al. (2014).
Subtaxa
Species lacking formal opinion data
Synonymy list
| Year | Name and author |
|---|---|
| 1942 | Grammatodon (Cosmetodon) Branson p. 248 |
| 1980 | Cosmetodon Vokes p. 16 |
| 2002 | Cosmetodon Sepkoski |
| 2006 | Cosmetodon Stiller |
| 2014 | Grammatodon (Cosmetodon) Ros-Franch et al. |
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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. †Cosmetodon Branson 1942
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†Grammatodon (Cosmetodon) keyserlingii d'Orbigny 1850
†Grammatodon (Cosmetodon) marshallensis Winchell 1862
†Grammatodon (Cosmetodon) mediodepressum Krumbeck 1913
†Grammatodon (Cosmetodon) obsoletiformis Hayasaka 1925
†Grammatodon (Cosmetodon) politus Girty 1908
†Grammatodon (Cosmetodon) sulcatinus Evans and Shumard 1857
†Grammatodon (Cosmetodon) suzukii Nakazawa 1999
Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
| part | N | mean | minimum | maximum | median | s.d. | |
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| shell height | 7 | 5.71 | 2.90 | 12.7 | 5.80 | 3.57 | |
| valve height | 9 | 12.0 | 4.30 | 24.2 | 13.9 | 7.26 |
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| References: Aberhan et al. 2004, Hendy et al. 2009 | |||||
Age range: base of the Artinskian to the top of the Danian or 290.10000 to 61.60000 Ma
Collections (176 total)
| Time interval | Ma | Country or state | Original ID and collection number |
|---|---|---|---|
| Artinskian | USA (Nevada) | Grammatodon politus (120956) | |
| Artinskian | USA (Utah) | Grammatodon politus (10651) | |
| Kungurian | USA (Arizona) | Grammatodon politus (52898) | |
| Kungurian | Malaysia | Grammatodon sp., Grammatodon obsoletiformis (51566) | |
| Kungurian | USA (Nevada) | Grammatodon politus (10472 10640 10647 10649 120951 120957) | |
| Roadian | USA (Arizona) | Grammatodon politus (39998 39999 40000 40001) | |
| Roadian | USA (Texas) | Parallelodon politus (108822) | |
| Roadian - Capitanian | USA (Texas) | Parallelodon politus (108835) | |
| Capitanian | Japan | Grammatodon obsoletiformis (109667) Parallelodon obsoletiformis (109637) | |
| Capitanian | USA (Texas) | Parallelodon politus (108812) | |
| Wuchiapingian | Svalbard and Jan Mayen | Grammatodon sp., Grammatodon suzukii (117550) | |
| Wuchiapingian | China (Guizhou) | Parallelodon politus (112006 112104) | |
| Changhsingian | Italy | Grammatodon obsoletiformis (230026 230054) | |
| Changhsingian | China (Guizhou) | Parallelodon politus (112012 112093 112097) | |
| Sevatian | Iran | Grammatodon mediodepressum (49198) | |
| Rhaetian | Iran | Grammatodon mediodepressum (48974 48976) Grammatodon sp. A (48969) Grammatodon sp., Grammatodon mediodepressum (48971) | |
| Rhaetian | Austria (Gmunden) | Grammatodon buckmanni (234040) | |
| Rhaetian | Austria (Vienna) | Grammatodon buckmanni (233865) | |
| Early/Lower Sinemurian | China | C. xiapingensis, C. xintianmenensis (59624) | |
| Late/Upper Sinemurian | Argentina (Mendoza) | C. sp. (201509) | |
| Pliensbachian | Portugal (Coimbra) | C. sp. (225384) | |
| Spinatum | Germany | Grammatodon buckmani (126569) Grammatodon buckmani, Grammatodon sinemuriensis (159446) | |
| Early/Lower Toarcian | Spain | Grammatodon sp. (25211 25212 25213 26156 26326 26329) | |
| Early/Lower Toarcian | Portugal (Coimbra) | C. sp. (225388) | |
| Middle Toarcian - Late/Upper Toarcian | Iran | Grammatodon sp. (141253) | |
| Bathonian - Oxfordian | China (Qinghai) | Grammatodon productum (37880 37881) | |
| Early/Lower Bathonian | India | Grammatodon sp. (63228) | |
| Middle Bathonian | Poland | Grammaton sp. (141298) | |
| Callovian | India | Grammatodon sp. (61542 63075 67395 67557 67579) | |
| Early/Lower Callovian | Madagascar | Grammatodon sp. (101718) | |
| Early/Lower Callovian - Middle Callovian | New Zealand | Grammatodon keyserlingii (56273) | |
| Late/Upper Callovian | India | Grammatodon sp. (68291 68385 68601) | |
| Oxfordian | Greenland | Grammatodon keyserlingii (1405 1468) | |
| Oxfordian | France | C. elongata (8807) | |
| Late/Upper Jurassic | Greenland | Grammatodon keyserlingii (1197) | |
| Late/Upper Oxfordian | Germany | Grammatodon keyserlingii (60387) | |
| Kimmeridgian | United Kingdom (England) | C. keyserlingii (8656 8657 8659) | |
| Early/Lower Kimmeridgian | Russian Federation (Siberia) | C. keyserlingi (58773 58774 58775) | |
| Late/Upper Kimmeridgian | Germany | C. sp. (211294) | |
| Late/Upper Kimmeridgian | Germany (Bavaria) | Grammatodon sp. (132944) | |
| Late/Upper Kimmeridgian | Russian Federation (Khanty-Mansi Autonomous Okrug) | C. keyserlingi (58778) | |
| Tithonian | Greenland | Grammatodon keyserlingii (1198 1229 1234 1237 1238 1243 1245 1252 1254 1260 1261 1263 1264 1269 1270 1274 1279 1280 1407 1410 1456 1458 1461 1463 1474 1475 1476 1478 1480 1481 1482 1483 1574) | |
| Tithonian | United Kingdom (England) | Grammatodon productum (69130) | |
| Early/Lower Tithonian | Germany | Grammatodon keyserlingi (34608) | |
| Aptian | Mexico | Grammatodon rayaensis (69900) | |
| Albian | Japan | C. tomochiensis (69100) | |
| Maastrichtian | USA (North Dakota) | Grammatodon sulcatinus (1339) | |
| Maastrichtian | Argentina (Neuquén) | Nemodon sulcatinus (73943) | |
| Maastrichtian | USA (South Dakota) | Grammatodon sulcatinus (1320) | |
| Late/Upper Maastrichtian | USA (South Dakota) | Parallelodon sulcatinus (88510 88511) | |
| Late/Upper Maastrichtian | Argentina (Neuquén) | Nemodon sulcatinus (73882 73951 73953 73955 73956 73957 73962 73997) | |
| Danian | Argentina (Neuquén) | Nemodon sulcatinus (73886 73888 73889 73902 73905 73909 73910 73911 73912 73913 73914 73915 73916 73917 73918 73919 73920 73921 73922 73924 73925 73926 73935 73936 73937 73938 73939 73940 73941 73942 73973 73976 73977 73978 73979 73980 73981 73985 73986 73987 73988 73991 73992 73993 74002 74004 74005 74006 74007 74008 74049) |