Kossmatella

Kossmatella
Temporal range: Albian–Cenomanian[1]
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
Species[2]
  • Kossmatella cappsi Imlay, 1960
  • Kossmatella agassizianum (Pictet and Roux, 1847)
Synonyms
  • Kosmatella Cossmann, 1909

Kossmatella is an extinct genus of ammonoid cephalopods belonging to the family Lytoceratidae. These fast-moving nektonic carnivores [2] lived in the Cretaceous period, from Albian age to Cenomanian age.[1]

Description

Shells of Eulytoceras species are quite small, with rounded whorl section and deep constrictions on the external surface.[3]

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.[2]

References

  1. ^ a b Sepkoski, Jack (2002). "Sepkoski's Online Genus Database". Retrieved 2014-05-28.
  2. ^ a b c "Paleobiology Database - Pectinatites". Retrieved 17 December 2021.
  3. ^ Lithotheque


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