Biology:Kosmoceratidae
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Short description: Extinct family of ammonites
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| Fossil shell of Kosmoceras spinosum from Calvados (France), on display at Galerie de paléontologie et d'anatomie comparée in Paris | |
Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Mollusca |
| Class: | Cephalopoda |
| Subclass: | †Ammonoidea |
| Order: | †Ammonitida |
| Superfamily: | †Stephanoceratoidea |
| Family: | †Kosmoceratidae Haug, 1887 |
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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.[1]
References
- ↑ Treatise on invertebrate paleontology. Part F : America / edited by Raymond C. Moore. -- University of Kansas Press, 1956
- Philippe Courville, Catherine Crônier - Diversity or Disparity in the Jurassic (Upper Callovian) genus Kosmoceras (ammonitina): A Morphometric Approach
External links
Wikidata ☰ Q4042325 entry
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