Kosmoceras

Kosmoceras; Temporal range: Callovian PreꞒ Ꞓ O S D C P T J K Pg N ↓
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Mollusca
Class:	Cephalopoda
Subclass:	†Ammonoidea
Order:	†Ammonitida
Family:	†Kosmoceratidae
Genus:	†Kosmoceras; Waagen, 1865
Synonyms
	Ammonitus Waagen, 1865;

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.

Kosmoceras belongs to the Stephanoceratoidea and is the type genus for the Family Kosmoceratidae and for the subfamily Kosmoceratinae. Kosmoceras spinosum Waagen is the type species.

and have been regarded as subgenera of Kosmoceras. Gulielmites is a fine-ribbed variety of Kosmoceras jason

Species[]

This genus includes more than 100 species, including:

K. aculeatum
K. balticum
K. cromptoni
K. bizeti
K. fibuliferum
K. geminatum
K. gemmatum
K. grossouvrei
K. interpositum
K. jason
K. lithuanicum
K. medea
K. obductum
K. ornatum
K. phaeinum
K. proniae
K. rowlstonese
K. spinosum
K. subnodatum
K. weigelti

Gallery[]

Kosmoceras cromptoni
Kosmoceras jason
Kosmoceras medea
Kosmoceras ornatum

References[]

Arkell et al., 1957. Mesozoic Ammonoidea. Treatise on Invertebrate Paleontology, Part L. Geological Soc. of America and Univ. Kansas Press.
Fossils (Smithsonian Handbooks) by David Ward
Kosmoceras in the Paleobiology Database
Mikko's Phylogeny Archive Ammonoidea
Sepkoski Online Results
Philippe C. Courville, Catherine Crônier. Diversity or disparity in the Jurassic (Upper Callovian) genus Kosmoceras (Ammonitina): a morphometric approach

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