Kosmoclymenia

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Kosmoclymenia
Temporal range: Devonian (Famennian), [1] 364.7–360.7  Ma
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Kosmoclymeniidae - Kosmoclymenia bisulcata-001.JPG
Fossil of Kosmoclymenia (Muessenbiaergia) bisulcata from Sahara, on display at Galerie de paléontologie et d'anatomie comparée in Paris
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Kosmoclymenia

Schindewolf, 1949

Kosmoclymenia is a genus in the ammonoid order Clymeniida, in the family Kosmoclymeniidae.

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Species

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  • 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

Shells of these extinct cephalopods can reach a maximum diameter of 110 millimetres (4.3 in). [2] They were fast-moving nektonic carnivores.

Distribution

Fossils of species within this genus have been found in the Devonian of China, Germany and Morocco. [3]

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