Kossmatella

Kossmatella
Temporal range: Albian–Cenomanian
Fossil shells of Kossmatella agassizianum from Maritime Alps, on display at Galerie de paléontologie et d'anatomie comparée in Paris
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Cephalopoda
Subclass: †Ammonoidea
Order: †Ammonitida
Family: †Gaudryceratidae
Genus: †Kossmatella
Jacob, 1907
Species
  • 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 lived in the Cretaceous period, from Albian age to Cenomanian age.

Description

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

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.

References

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