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Kossmaticeratidae

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Kingdom
  
Animalia

Class
  
Cephalopoda

Order
  
Ammonitida

Phylum
  
Mollusca

Subclass
  
Ammonoidea

Rank
  
Family

Kossmaticeratidae

Similar
  
Pachydiscidae, Desmocerataceae, Diplomoceratidae, Kossmaticeras, Collignoniceratidae

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

  • Kossmaticeratinae Spath 1922
  • Grossouvrites Kilian and Reboul 1909
  • Gunnarites Kilian and Reboul 1909
  • Kossmaticeras de Grossouvre 1901
  • Maorites Marshall 1926
  • Pseudokossmaticeras Spath 1922
  • Marshallitinae Matsumoto 1955
  • Eomarshallites Medina and Rinaldi 1986
  • Marshallites Matsumoto 1955
  • Yokoyamaoceras 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.

    References

    Kossmaticeratidae Wikipedia