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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.


Source Data
SourceIDLink
Global Biodiversity Information Facility ID (GBIF)4625431https://www.gbif.org/species/4625431
PaleoBioDB ID (PBDB)15084https://paleobiodb.org/classic/checkTaxonInfo?taxon_no=15084
Rankgenus
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)
RankNameAuthor
-Eukaryota
-OpisthokontaCavalier-Smith 1987
kingdomAnimalia
-Bilateria
-EubilateriaAx 1987
-ProtostomiaGrobben 1908
-Spiralia
superphylumLophotrochozoa
phylumMolluscaLinnaeus 1758
classCephalopodaCuvier 1797
subclassAmmonoidea
orderAmmonitidaHyatt 1889
suborderAmmonitinaHyatt 1889
superfamilyTetragonitoidea
familyTetragonitidaeHyatt 1900
subfamilyTetragonitinaeHyatt 1900
genusKossmatellaJacob 1907
Scientific NameKossmatella Jacob, 1907
Name Published InMĂ©m. Soc. GĂ©ol. France, Pal., 15, no. 3-4 (MĂ©m. 38)
Opinions (PBDB)
NameRankOpinionEvidenceAuthor
Kossmatellasubgenusbelongs to Lytocerasstated without evidenceBöse, 1923
Kossmatellagenusbelongs to Gaudryceratidaestated without evidenceKennedy and Klinger, 1979
Kossmatellagenusbelongs to Gaudryceratinaestated with evidenceWright et al., 1996
Kossmatellagenusbelongs to Ammonoideasecond handSepkoski, 2002
Kossmatellagenusbelongs to Tetragonitinaestated with evidenceHoffmann, 2010
Kossmatellagenusbelongs to Gaudryceratidaestated without evidenceEl Qot, 2018
Status (PBDB)extinct
Taxon Size (PBDB)6
First Recorded Appearance130 - 125 Ma
Early/Lower Cretaceous
Last Recorded Appearance99.6 - 93.5 Ma
Late/Upper Cretaceous
Motilityfast-moving (based on Ammonoidea)
Visionwell-developed (based on Cephalopoda)
Dietcarnivore (based on Ammonoidea)
Taphonomyaragonite (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
Wikipediahttps://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kossmatella

Fossil Distribution

Subtaxa

NameStatusCommon Name(s)Fossil OccurrencesOldestYoungest
Kossmatella (Kossmatella) âśť
subgenus
listed (PBDB)5113 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)
199.6 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

NameSourceTaxon RankTaxonomy
Kosmatella Cossmann, 1909GBIFgenusAnimalia : Mollusca : Cephalopoda : Ammonoidea : Tetragonitidae : Kosmatella

Synonymy List

YearName and Author
1907Kossmatella Jacob p. 285
1923Lytoceras (Kossmatella) Böse p. 128
1979Kossmatella Kennedy and Klinger p. 165
1996Kossmatella Wright et al. p. 6
2002Kossmatella Sepkoski, Jr.
2010Kossmatella Hoffmann p. 84
2018Kossmatella El Qot p. 150

References

Sepkoski, Jr. J. J. (2002) A compendium of fossil marine animal genera, Bulletins of American Paleontology 363, 1-560
Böse E. (1923) Algunas faunas cretácias de Zacatecas, Durango y Guerrero, Boletín del Instituto Géologica de México 42, 1-219
Kennedy W. J., Klinger H. C. (1979) Cretaceous faunas from Zululand and Natal, South Africa. The ammonite family Gaudryceratidae, Bulletin of the British Museum of Natural History (Geology) 31 2, 121-174
Wright C. W., Calloman J. H., et al (1996) Cretaceous Ammonoidea, Treatise on Invertebrate Paleontology L 4, 1-362
Hoffmann R. (2010) New insights on the phylogeny of the Lytoceratoidea (Ammonitina) from the septal lobe and its functional interpretation, Revue de Paléobiologie, Genève 29, 1-156
El Qot G. M. (2018) Aptian-early Cenomanian ammonites from north Sinai, Egypt: systematic paleontology and biostratigraphy, Cretaceous Research 85, 142-171
GBIF/Paleo Database - via The Interim Register of Marine and Nonmarine Genera
Nomenclator Zoologicus. A list of the names of genera and subgenera in zoology from the tenth edition of Linnaeus, 1758 to the end of 2004. Digitised by uBio from vols. 1-9 of Neave (ed.), 1939-1996 plus supplementary digital-only volume. http://ubio.org/NomenclatorZoologicus (as at 2006). - via The Interim Register of Marine and Nonmarine Genera
Sepkoski, J. J., Jr. (2002). A compendium of fossil marine animal genera. Bulletins of American Paleontology. 363, 1-560. - via The Interim Register of Marine and Nonmarine Genera
MĂ©m. Soc. GĂ©ol. France, Pal., 15, no. 3-4 (MĂ©m. 38) - via The Interim Register of Marine and Nonmarine Genera
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!
 
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