Kossmaticeratidae

Kossmaticeratidae Temporal range: from, Jurassic to Cretaceous PreꞒ Ꞓ O S D C P T J K Pg N [1]
Kossmaticeras species from Madagascar
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Mollusca
Class:	Cephalopoda
Subclass:	†Ammonoidea
Order:	†Ammonitida
Superfamily:	†Desmoceratoidea
Family:	†Kossmaticeratidae Spath 1922

Kossmaticeratidae is an extinct ammonoid family belonging to the order Ammonitida.

Subfamilies and genera[]

Kossmaticeratidae includes two subfamilies and eight genera:^[1]

• Spath, 1922
  • Kilian and Reboul, 1909
  • Kilian and Reboul, 1909
  • Kossmaticeras de Grossouvre, 1901
  • Marshall, 1926
  • Spath, 1922
• Matsumoto, 1955
  • Medina and Rinaldi, 1986
  • Matsumoto, 1955
  • Wright and Matsumoto, 1954

Distribution[]

Fossils of members within this family have been found in the Cretaceous sediments of Antarctica, Argentina, Australia, Austria, Belgium, Canada, Chile, France, India, Japan, Madagascar, New Zealand, South Africa, United States as well as in the Jurassic of the United Kingdom.^[1]

References[]

• 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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