Biology:Kosmoclymenia

Short description: Genus of molluscs (fossil)

Kosmoclymenia Temporal range: Devonian (Famennian), 364.7–360.7 Ma PreЄ Є O S D C P T J K Pg N ↓
Fossil of Kosmoclymenia (Muessenbiaergia) bisulcata from Sahara, on display at Galerie de paléontologie et d'anatomie comparée in Paris
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Mollusca
Class:	Cephalopoda
Subclass:	Ammonoidea
Order:	Clymeniida
Suborder:	Clymeniina
Superfamily:	Clymeniaceae
Family:	Kosmoclymeniidae
Subfamily:	Kosmoclymeniinae
Genus:	Kosmoclymenia Schindewolf, 1949

Kosmoclymenia is a genus in the ammonoid order Clymeniida, in the family Kosmoclymeniidae.

Species

Kosmoclymenia (Kosmoclymenia) callima Kosmoclymenia (Kosmoclymenia) effenbergensis Kosmoclymenia (Kosmoclymenia) inaequistriata Kosmoclymenia (Kosmoclymenia) lamellistriata Kosmoclymenia (Kosmoclymenia) schindewolfi Kosmoclymenia (Kosmoclymenia) tenuissima Kosmoclymenia (Kosmoclymenia) timida Kosmoclymenia (Kosmoclymenia) undulata ptychofera Kosmoclymenia (Kosmoclymenia) undulata Kosmoclymenia (Linguaclymenia) clauseni Kosmoclymenia (Linguaclymenia) dzikowiecensis Kosmoclymenia (Linguaclymenia) similis Kosmoclymenia (Lissoclymenia) wocklumeri Kosmoclymenia (Muessenbiaergia) ademmeri Kosmoclymenia (Muessenbiaergia) bisulcata

Kosmoclymenia (Muessenbiaergia) caucasica Kosmoclymenia (Muessenbiaergia) colubrina Kosmoclymenia (Muessenbiaergia) diversa Kosmoclymenia (Muessenbiaergia) galeata Kosmoclymenia (Muessenbiaergia) kowalensis Kosmoclymenia (Muessenbiaergia) levis Kosmoclymenia (Muessenbiaergia) marukhensis Kosmoclymenia (Muessenbiaergia) parundulata Kosmoclymenia (Muessenbiaergia) sublaevis Kosmoclymenia (Muessenbiaergia) xenostriata Kosmoclymenia (Muessenbiaergia?) coronata Kosmoclymenia lamellosa Kosmoclymenia linearis

Description

Shells of these extinct cephalopods can reach a maximum diameter of 110 millimetres (4.3 in). They were fast-moving nektonic carnivores.

Distribution

Fossils of species within this genus have been found in the Devonian of China, Germany and Morocco.

References

Wikidata ☰ Q11744018 entry