| Kossmatella Temporal range: Albian–Cenomanian PreꞒ Ꞓ O S D C P T J K Pg N | |
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| Fossil shells of Kossmatella agassizianum from Maritime Alps, on display at Galerie de paléontologie et d'anatomie comparée in Paris | |
| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Mollusca |
| Class: | Cephalopoda |
| Subclass: | Ammonoidea |
| Order: | Ammonitida |
| Family: | Gaudryceratidae |
| Genus: | Kossmatella Jacob, 1907 |
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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.
Description
Shells of Eulytoceras species are quite small, with rounded whorl section and deep constrictions on the external surface.
Distribution
Fossils of species within this genus have been found in the Cretaceous rocks of Dominican Republic, France, Italy, Madagascar, Mexico, South Africa, Suriname and United States.
References
- ^ Sepkoski, Jack (2002). "Sepkoski's Online Genus Database". Retrieved 2014-05-28.
- ^ "Paleobiology Database - Pectinatites". Retrieved 17 December 2021.
- Lithotheque
- GBIF
- Arkell et al., Mesozoic Ammonoidea. Treatise on Invertebrate Paleontology, Part L. Geological Society of America, 1957. RC. Moore, ed.
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