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Kossmaticeratidae

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Kossmaticeratidae
Temporal range: from, Jurassic to Cretaceous [1]
Kossmaticeras species from Madagascar
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Cephalopoda
Subclass: Ammonoidea
Order: Ammonitida
Superfamily: Desmoceratoidea
Family: Kossmaticeratidae
Spath 1922

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

Subfamilies and genera

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Kossmaticeratidae includes two subfamilies and eight genera:[1]

Distribution

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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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