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Kossmatia purisima

Cephalopoda - Ammonitida - Neocomitidae

Taxonomy
Kossmatia purisima was named by Verma and Westermann (1973). Its type specimen is McM J 1501/2, a shell, and it is a 3D body fossil.

Sister species lacking formal opinion data
K. desmidoptycba, K. exceptional, K. koeneni, K. marwicki

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1973Kossmatia purisima Verma and Westermann p. 222 figs. Pl 47, figs 3-6; pl 48, fig 1; text-figs 16E, 21-24
2006Kossmatia purisima Cantu-Chapa p. 304 figs. 3.7, 3.8, 3.12-3.17, 3.19-3.22

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
—Bilateria
—EubilateriaAx 1987
—Protostomia
—Spiralia
superphylumLophotrochozoa
phylumMollusca
classCephalopodaCuvier 1797
RankNameAuthor
subclassAmmonoidea()
orderAmmonitida
suborderAmmonitinaHyatt 1889
superfamilyPerisphinctoidea(Steinman 1890)
familyNeocomitidaeSalfeld 1921
subfamilyBerriasellinae(Spath 1922)
genusKossmatiaUhlig 1907
speciespurisima

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.

†Kossmatia purisima Verma and Westermann 1973
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Diagnosis
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