Kossmatella

Kossmatella
Temporal range:
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
  • 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.

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