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Kossmatia ✝
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Taxonomy (GBIF) | Life : Animalia : Mollusca : Cephalopoda : Ammonoidea : Acanthoceratidae : Kossmatia | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Taxonomy (PBDB) | Life : Animalia : Mollusca : Cephalopoda : Ammonitida : Neocomitidae : Kossmatia | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Taxonomic Status (GBIF) | accepted | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Classification (PBDB,GBIF) |
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Scientific Name | Kossmatia Uhlig, 1907 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Name Published In | N. Jahrb., 2 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Opinions (PBDB) |
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Status (PBDB) | extinct | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Taxon Size (PBDB) | 12 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
First Recorded Appearance | 161 - 151 Ma Jurassic | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Last Recorded Appearance | 145 - 133 Ma Early/Lower 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 |
Fossil Distribution
Subtaxa
Name | Status | Common Name(s) | Fossil Occurrences | Oldest | Youngest |
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Kossmatia alamitosensis ✝ species | listed (PBDB) | 9 | 156 Ma Jurassic | 145 Ma Late Jurassic | |
Kossmatia bifurcata ✝ species | listed (PBDB) | 19 | 156 Ma Jurassic | 145 Ma Late Jurassic | |
Kossmatia exceptionalis ✝ species | listed (PBDB) | 10 | 151 Ma Late Jurassic | 145 Ma Late Jurassic | |
Kossmatia flexicostata ✝ species | listed (PBDB) | 9 | 151 Ma Late Jurassic | 151 Ma Late Jurassic | |
Kossmatia indica species | accepted (GBIF) | No associated record in PBDB | |||
Kossmatia interrupta species | accepted (GBIF) | No associated record in PBDB | |||
Kossmatia kingi ✝ species | accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB) | ||||
Kossmatia kleinsorgensis species | accepted (GBIF) | No associated record in PBDB | |||
Kossmatia maxima species | accepted (GBIF) | No associated record in PBDB | |||
Kossmatia pectinata species | accepted (GBIF) | No associated record in PBDB | |||
Kossmatia purisima ✝ species | accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB) | 11 | 156 Ma Jurassic | 151 Ma Late Jurassic | |
Kossmatia rancheriasensis ✝ species | accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB) | ||||
Kossmatia tehamaensis species | accepted (GBIF) | No associated record in PBDB | |||
Kossmatia varicostata ✝ species | accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB) | ||||
Perisphinctes victoris ✝ species | accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB) | ||||
Kossmatia viterboensis ✝ species | accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB) | 1 | 145 Ma Late Jurassic | 145 Ma Late Jurassic | |
Kossmatia zacatecana ✝ species | accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB) | 1 | 145 Ma Late Jurassic | 145 Ma Late Jurassic |
Synonymy List
Year | Name and Author |
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1945 | Kossmatia kleinsorgensis Anderson |
1969 | Kossmatia Helmstaedt p. 77 |
1973 | Kossmatia Verma and Westermann p. 202 |
1989 | Kossmatia Myczynski p. 93 |
2002 | Kossmatia Sepkoski, Jr. |
2006 | Kossmatia Cantu-Chapa |
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!