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Kosmoceratidae

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Kingdom
  
Animalia

Subclass
  
Ammonoidea

Superfamily
  
Stephanocerataceae

Class
  
Cephalopoda

Order
  
Ammonitida

Kosmoceratidae

Family
  
Kosmoceratidae Haug 1887

Kosmoceratidae is an extinct ammonite family from the Callovian (Middle Jurassic) to Early Cretaceous.

Kosmoceratidae are probably the most polymorphic groups of Jurassic ammonites. These ammonoids have a more or less tabulate venter, with lateral or ventrolateral tubercles. The aptychus is double valved with a concentrically ribbed surface.

  • Kosmoceras
  • Kepplerites
  • Gulielmites
  • Sigaloceras
  • References

    Kosmoceratidae Wikipedia