Kossmaticeras
{{Short description|Genus of extinct molluscs}}
{{Automatic taxobox
| fossil_range = {{Fossilrange|93.9|66.043|Late Cretaceous}}[https://paleobiodb.org/classic/checkTaxonInfo?taxon_no=15086 The Paleobiology Database]
Late Turonian to Late Maastrichtian
| image = Kossmaticeratidae - Kossmaticeras species.JPG
| image_caption = Kossmaticeras species from Madagascar
| taxon = Kossmaticeras
| authority = de Grossouvre, 1901
| synonyms = * Kossmaticeras (Madrasites) Kilian and Reboul, 1909
- Madrasites Kilian and Reboul, 1909
}}
Kossmaticeras is an extinct ammonoid genus belonging to the desmoceratacean family Kossmaticeratidae. Species in this genus were fast-moving nektonic carnivores. They lived during the Late Cretaceous, from the upper Turonian to the upper Maastrichtian ages.Sepkoski, Jack [http://strata.geology.wisc.edu/jack/showgenera.php?taxon=231&rank=class Sepkoski's Online Genus Database – Cephalopoda] The type species of the genus is K. theobaldianus.
Subgenera and species
- Kossmaticeras (Karapadites) Collignon, 1954
- Kossmaticeras (Karapadites) besairieri Collignon, 1954
- Kossmaticeras (Karapadites) karapadensis Kossmat, 1897
- Kossmaticeras (Karapadites) madrasinus Stoliczka, 1865
- Kossmaticeras (Karapadites) planissimus Collignon, 1966
- Kossmaticeras (Kossmaticeras) de Grossouvre, 1901
- Kossmaticeras (Kossmaticeras) inornatum Collignon, 1966
- Kossmaticeras (Kossmaticeras) jeletzkyi Collignon, 1965
- Kossmaticeras (Kossmaticeras) jonesi Collignon, 1965
- Kossmaticeras (Kossmaticeras) kilenensis Alsen, 2018
- Kossmaticeras (Kossmaticeras) sakondryense Collignon, 1954
- Kossmaticeras (Kossmaticeras) sparsicostatum Kossmat, 1897
- Kossmaticeras (Kossmaticeras) theobaldianum Stolickza, 1865
- Kossmaticeras (Natalites) Collignon, 1954
- Kossmaticeras (Natalites) africanus van Hoepen, 1920
- Kossmaticeras (Natalites) elegans Kennedy, 1985
- Kossmaticeras (Natalites) similis Spath, 1921
- Kossmaticeras (Natalites) canadense McLearn, 1972
Distribution
Fossils of species within this genus have been found in the Cretaceous sediments of Antarctica, Australia, Canada, Chile, India, Madagascar, New Zealand and South Africa.
References
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Further reading
- Arkell et al. 1957. Mesozoic Ammonoidea, L374; Treatise on Invertebrate Paleontology Part L (Ammonoidea); Geol Soc of America and Univ Kansas Press.
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Category:Ammonites of Australia
Category:Ammonites of South America
Category:Cretaceous animals of Australia
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