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Kossmatella âśť
Description | Kossmatella is an extinct genus of ammonoid cephalopods belonging to the family Lytoceratidae. These fast-moving nektonic carnivores lived in the Cretaceous period, from Albian age to Cenomanian age. From Wikipedia article at https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kossmatella, which is released under the Creative Commons Attribution-Share-Alike License 3.0. | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Rank | genus | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Taxonomy (GBIF) | Life : Animalia : Mollusca : Cephalopoda : Ammonoidea : Tetragonitidae : Kossmatella | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Taxonomy (PBDB) | Life : Animalia : Mollusca : Cephalopoda : Ammonitida : Tetragonitidae : Kossmatella | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Taxonomic Status (GBIF) | accepted | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Classification (PBDB,GBIF) |
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Scientific Name | Kossmatella Jacob, 1907 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Name Published In | MĂ©m. Soc. GĂ©ol. France, Pal., 15, no. 3-4 (MĂ©m. 38) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Opinions (PBDB) |
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Status (PBDB) | extinct | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Taxon Size (PBDB) | 6 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
First Recorded Appearance | 130 - 125 Ma Early/Lower Cretaceous | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Last Recorded Appearance | 99.6 - 93.5 Ma Late/Upper Cretaceous | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Motility | fast-moving (based on Ammonoidea) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Vision | well-developed (based on Cephalopoda) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Diet | carnivore (based on Ammonoidea) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Taphonomy | aragonite (based on Ammonoidea) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Primary Reference (PBDB) | J. J. Sepkoski, Jr. 2002. A compendium of fossil marine animal genera. Bulletins of American Paleontology 363:1-560 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Wikipedia | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kossmatella |
Fossil Distribution
Subtaxa
Name | Status | Common Name(s) | Fossil Occurrences | Oldest | Youngest |
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Kossmatella (Kossmatella) âśť subgenus | listed (PBDB) | 5 | 113 Ma Early/Lower Cretaceous | 105 Ma Early/Lower Cretaceous | |
Kossmatella agassizianum species | accepted (GBIF) | No associated record in PBDB | |||
Kossmatella costata âśť species | accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB) | 1 | 99.6 Ma Late/Upper Cretaceous | 99.6 Ma Late/Upper Cretaceous | |
Kossmatella marut species | accepted (GBIF) | No associated record in PBDB | |||
Kossmatella romana species | accepted (GBIF) | No associated record in PBDB | |||
Lytoceras (Kossmatella) agassizianum âśť species | listed (PBDB) |
Obsolete Names
Name | Source | Taxon Rank | Taxonomy |
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Kosmatella Cossmann, 1909 | GBIF | genus | Animalia : Mollusca : Cephalopoda : Ammonoidea : Tetragonitidae : Kosmatella |
Synonymy List
Year | Name and Author |
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1907 | Kossmatella Jacob p. 285 |
1923 | Lytoceras (Kossmatella) Böse p. 128 |
1979 | Kossmatella Kennedy and Klinger p. 165 |
1996 | Kossmatella Wright et al. p. 6 |
2002 | Kossmatella Sepkoski, Jr. |
2010 | Kossmatella Hoffmann p. 84 |
2018 | Kossmatella El Qot p. 150 |
References
Data courtesy of: PBDB: The Paleobiology Database, Creative Commons CC-BY licenced. , GBIF: the Global Biodiversity Information Facility, various licences, iDigBio, various licences, and EOL: The Encyclopedia of Life (Open Data Public Domain). Because fossils are made of minerals too!