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Kosmoceras ✝

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Kosmoceras jason

Woodham, Aylesbury Vale, Buckinghamshire, England, UK

Kosmoceras sp.

Russia

Kosmoceras jason

Woodham, Aylesbury Vale, Buckinghamshire, England, UK

Kosmoceras sp.

Russia

Kosmoceras jason

Woodham, Aylesbury Vale, Buckinghamshire, England, UK

Kosmoceras sp.

Russia

Description

Kosmoceras is a moderately evolute ammonite genus from the upper Callovian (Middle Jurassic) of Europe with a simple apterure and irregular ribbing interrupted by an irregular row of lateral tubercles. Strong ventral tubercles are separated by a smooth depression running along the rim.

From Wikipedia article at https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kosmoceras, which is released under the Creative Commons Attribution-Share-Alike License 3.0.

Source Data

Source	ID	Link
Global Biodiversity Information Facility ID (GBIF)	4627162	https://www.gbif.org/species/4627162
PaleoBioDB ID (PBDB)	15083	https://paleobiodb.org/classic/checkTaxonInfo?taxon_no=15083

Rank

genus

Taxonomy (GBIF)

Life : Animalia : Mollusca : Cephalopoda : Ammonoidea : Kosmoceratidae : Kosmoceras

Taxonomy (PBDB)

Life : Animalia : Mollusca : Cephalopoda : Ammonitida : Kosmoceratidae : Kosmoceras

Taxonomic Status (GBIF)

accepted

Classification
(PBDB,GBIF)

Rank	Name	Author
-	Eukaryota
-	Opisthokonta	Cavalier-Smith 1987
kingdom	Animalia
-	Bilateria
-	Eubilateria	Ax 1987
-	Protostomia	Grobben 1908
-	Spiralia
superphylum	Lophotrochozoa
phylum	Mollusca	Linnaeus 1758
class	Cephalopoda	Cuvier 1797
subclass	Ammonoidea
order	Ammonitida	Hyatt 1889
suborder	Ammonitina	Hyatt 1889
superfamily	Stephanoceratoidea
family	Kosmoceratidae	Haug 1887
genus	Kosmoceras	Waagen 1869

Scientific Name

Kosmoceras Waagen, 1869

Name Published In

Geogn.-pal. Beitr., 2: 248

Opinions (PBDB)

Name	Rank	Opinion	Evidence	Author
Kosmoceras	genus	belongs to Cosmoceratidae	stated with evidence	Imlay, 1953
Kosmoceras	genus	belongs to Ammonoidea	second hand	Sepkoski, 2002

Status (PBDB)

extinct

Taxon Size (PBDB)

First Recorded Appearance

166 - 164 Ma
Middle Jurassic

Last Recorded Appearance

140 - 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

Wikipedia

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kosmoceras

Fossil Distribution

Subtaxa

Name	Status	Common Name(s)	Fossil Occurrences	Oldest	Youngest
Cosmoceras duncani ✝ species	listed (PBDB)		4	165 Ma Middle Jurassic	161 Ma Jurassic
Cosmoceras spinosum ✝ species	listed (PBDB)		8	166 Ma Middle Jurassic	161 Ma Jurassic
Cosmoceras spoliatum ✝ species	listed (PBDB)		1	165 Ma Middle Jurassic	165 Ma Middle Jurassic
Kosmoceras castor species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Kosmoceras compressum species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Kosmoceras duncani species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Kosmoceras gemmatum ✝ species	accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB)		2	165 Ma Middle Jurassic	164 Ma Middle Jurassic
Kosmoceras jason species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Kosmoceras spinosum species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Kosmoceras spoliatum species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Kosmoceras zeissi species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB

Synonymy List

Year	Name and Author
1953	Cosmoceras Imlay
1957	Kosmoceras Arkell et al. p. 299
2002	Kosmoceras Sepkoski, Jr.

References

Sepkoski, Jr. J. J. (2002) A compendium of fossil marine animal genera, Bulletins of American Paleontology 363, 1-560

Imlay R. W. (1953) Callovian (Jurassic) ammonites from the United States and Alaska Part 2. Alaska Peninsula and Cook Inlet regions, United States Geological Survey Professional Paper 249-B, 41-108

Arkell W. J., Furnish W. M., et al (1957) , Treatise on Invertebrate Paleontology, Part L, Mollusca 4, Cephalopoda - Ammonoidea, 1-490

International Commission on Zoological Nomenclature. Opinion 303 Designation, under the Plenary Powers, of type species in harmony with current usage for the nominal genera Kosmoceras, Perisphinctes and Harpoceras (class Cephalopoda, order Ammonoidea) Established by Waagen in 1869.Opinions and declarations rendered by the International Commission on Zoological Nomenclature 8(20), 273-284 (1954) - via Official Lists and Indexes of Names in Zoology

Museum Victoria KEmu database (Oct 2006) - via The Interim Register of Marine and Nonmarine Genera

Nomenclator Zoologicus (authority adjusted) - 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

in Benecke, Geogn.-pal. Beitr., 2 (2b) - 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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