Kosmoclymenia
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Genus of molluscs (fossil)
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| Genus: | Kosmoclymenia Schindewolf, 1949
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Kosmoclymenia is a genus in the ammonoid order Clymeniida, in the family Kosmoclymeniidae.
Species
[edit ]- Kosmoclymenia (Kosmoclymenia) callima
- Kosmoclymenia (Kosmoclymenia) effenbergensis
- Kosmoclymenia (Kosmoclymenia) inaequistriata
- Kosmoclymenia (Kosmoclymenia) lamellistriata
- Kosmoclymenia (Kosmoclymenia) schindewolfi
- Kosmoclymenia (Kosmoclymenia) tenuissima
- Kosmoclymenia (Kosmoclymenia) timida
- Kosmoclymenia (Kosmoclymenia) undulata ptychofera
- Kosmoclymenia (Kosmoclymenia) undulata
- Kosmoclymenia (Linguaclymenia) clauseni
- Kosmoclymenia (Linguaclymenia) dzikowiecensis
- Kosmoclymenia (Linguaclymenia) similis
- Kosmoclymenia (Lissoclymenia) wocklumeri
- Kosmoclymenia (Muessenbiaergia) ademmeri
- Kosmoclymenia (Muessenbiaergia) bisulcata
- Kosmoclymenia (Muessenbiaergia) caucasica
- Kosmoclymenia (Muessenbiaergia) colubrina
- Kosmoclymenia (Muessenbiaergia) diversa
- Kosmoclymenia (Muessenbiaergia) galeata
- Kosmoclymenia (Muessenbiaergia) kowalensis
- Kosmoclymenia (Muessenbiaergia) levis
- Kosmoclymenia (Muessenbiaergia) marukhensis
- Kosmoclymenia (Muessenbiaergia) parundulata
- Kosmoclymenia (Muessenbiaergia) sublaevis
- Kosmoclymenia (Muessenbiaergia) xenostriata
- Kosmoclymenia (Muessenbiaergia?) coronata
- Kosmoclymenia lamellosa
- Kosmoclymenia linearis
Description
[edit ]Shells of these extinct cephalopods can reach a maximum diameter of 110 millimetres (4.3 in).[2] They were fast-moving nektonic carnivores.
Distribution
[edit ]Fossils of species within this genus have been found in the Devonian of China, Germany and Morocco.[3]
References
[edit ]- ^ Sepkoski, Jack Sepkoski's Online Genus Database – Cephalopoda
- ^ a b GONIAT Online
- ^ The Paleobiology Database
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