Kosmoclymeniidae

Kosmoclymeniidae
Temporal range: Devonian (Famennian), 364.7–360.7Ma
Fossil of Kosmoclymenia (Muessenbiaergia) bisulcata from Sahara, on display at Galerie de paléontologie et d'anatomie comparée in Paris
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Cephalopoda
Subclass: Ammonoidea
Order: Clymeniida
Suborder: Clymeniina
Superfamily: Clymeniaceae
Family: Kosmoclymeniidae
Korn and Price 1987

Kosmoclymeniidae is a family in the ammonoid order Clymeniida. They were fast-moving nektonic carnivores.

Subfamilies and genera

Distribution

Fossils of species within this family have been found in the Devonian of Austria, China. Germany and Morocco.

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