Kossmatella
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| Genus: | Kossmatella Jacob, 1907
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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
[edit]Shells of Eulytoceras species are quite small, with rounded whorl section and deep constrictions on the external surface.[3]
Distribution
[edit]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
[edit]- ^ a b Sepkoski, Jack (2002). "Sepkoski's Online Genus Database". Retrieved 2014-05-28.
- ^ a b c "Paleobiology Database - Pectinatites". Retrieved 17 December 2021.
- ^ Lithotheque
- GBIF
- Arkell et al., Mesozoic Ammonoidea. Treatise on Invertebrate Paleontology, Part L. Geological Society of America, 1957. RC. Moore, ed.
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