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Kossmatia tehamaensis

Cephalopoda - Ammonitida - Neocomitidae

Taxonomy
Kossmatia tehamaensis was named by Anderson (1945). It is a 3D body fossil. Its type locality is UCMP A-2921, near south fork of Elder Creek, which is in a Tithonian marine horizon in California.

Sister species lacking formal opinion data
K. desmidoptycba, K. exceptional, K. koeneni, K. marwicki

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1945Kossmatia tehamaensis Anderson p. 981 figs. Plate 2, figures 1a-c
1970Kossmatia tehamaensis Imlay and Jones p. B31 figs. Plate 3, figures 1, 2

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
—Bilateria
—EubilateriaAx 1987
—Protostomia
—Spiralia
superphylumLophotrochozoa
phylumMollusca
classCephalopodaCuvier 1797
RankNameAuthor
subclassAmmonoidea()
orderAmmonitida
suborderAmmonitinaHyatt 1889
superfamilyPerisphinctoidea(Steinman 1890)
familyNeocomitidaeSalfeld 1921
subfamilyBerriasellinae(Spath 1922)
genusKossmatiaUhlig 1907
speciestehamaensis

If no rank is listed, the taxon is considered an unranked clade in modern classifications. Ranks may be repeated or presented in the wrong order because authors working on different parts of the classification may disagree about how to rank taxa.

†Kossmatia tehamaensis Anderson 1945
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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
Composition: aragoniteo
Environment: marinec
Locomotion: fast-movingo
Life habit: nektonico
Diet: carnivoreo
Vision: well-developedc
Created: 2005-01-28 02:27:03
Modified: 2009-10-08 14:14:55
Source: o = order, c = class
References: Kiessling 2004, Kiessling 2003

Age range: Tithonian or 152.10000 to 145.00000 Ma

Collections: one only


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Tithonian152.1 - 145.0USA (California) Kossmatia tehamaensis (type locality: 215756)