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Pseudokossmaticeras pacificum

Cephalopoda - Ammonoida - Kossmaticeratidae

Taxonomy
Ammonites pacificus was named by Stoliczka (1865). It is not a trace fossil. It is the type species of Pseudokossmaticeras.

It was recombined as Pseudokossmaticeras pacificus by Kennedy and Bilotte (1995); it was recombined as Pseudokossmaticeras pacificum by Kennedy and Klinger (2013).

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1865Ammonites pacificus Stoliczka p. 160 figs. pl. 77, fig. 9
1995Pseudokossmaticeras pacificus Kennedy and Bilotte p. 362
2013Pseudokossmaticeras pacificum Kennedy and Klinger p. 56 figs. 1A-C

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
Bilateria
EubilateriaAx 1987
Protostomia
Spiralia
superphylumLophotrochozoa
phylumMollusca
classCephalopodaCuvier 1797
subclassColeoideaBather 1888
RankNameAuthor
orderAmmonoida(Haeckel 1866)
orderAmmonitidaHaeckel 1866
suborderAmmonitinaHyatt 1889
superfamilyDesmoceratoidea(Zittel 1895)
familyKossmaticeratidaeSpath 1922
subfamilyKossmaticeratinaeSpath 1922
genusPseudokossmaticerasSpath 1922
speciespacificum(Stoliczka 1865)

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.

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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: Late/Upper Maastrichtian or 70.60000 to 66.00000 Ma

Collections: one only


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Late/Upper Maastrichtian70.6 - 66.0South Africa Pseudokossmaticeras pacificum (177453)