Kossmaticeratidae

Kossmaticeratidae
Temporal range: from Jurassic to Cretaceous, 161.2–66.043 Ma

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Fossil shell of Kossmaticeras species from Madagascar, on display at Galerie de paléontologie et d'anatomie comparée in Paris
Fossil
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Cephalopoda
Subclass: Ammonoidea
Order: Ammonitida
Family: Kossmaticeratidae
Spath 1922

Kossmaticeratidae is an extinct ammonoid family belonging to the order Ammonitida.

Subfamilies and generas

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Distribution

Fossils of members within this family have been found in the Cretaceous sediments of Antarctica, Argentina, Australia, Austria, Belgium, Canada, Chile, France, India, Japan, Madagascar, New Zealand, South Africa, United States as well as in the Jurassic of the United Kingdom.[1]

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