Cephalopoda - Ammonitida - Desmoceratidae
Parent taxon: Puzosia according to J. P. Gautam et al. 2019
See also Cooper and Kennedy 1979, El Qot 2018, Kennedy 1994, Kennedy 1994, Kennedy et al. 1996, Kennedy et al. 2008, Kennedy and Jolkicev 2004, Kennedy and Latil 2007, Kennedy and Morris 2018, Sharifi et al. 2016, Szives 2007 and Wright and Kennedy 1984
Sister taxa: Puzosia (Anapuzosia), Puzosia (Bhimaites), Puzosia (Latidorsella), Puzosia alaskana, Puzosia aldersona, Puzosia ambigua, Puzosia angladei, Puzosia bistricta, Puzosia brasiliana, Puzosia crebrisulcata, Puzosia cuvervillei, Puzosia diadema, Puzosia hoffmanni, Puzosia intermedia, Puzosia lata, Puzosia longmani, Puzosia media, Puzosia nipponica, Puzosia nolani, Puzosia octosulcata, Puzosia puma, Puzosia quenstedti, Puzosia skidegatensis, Puzosia spathi, Puzosia subquadrata, Puzosia sullivanae, Puzosia tenuis
Subtaxa: Puzosia (Puzosia) communis Puzosia (Puzosia) compressa Puzosia (Puzosia) mayoriana Puzosia (Puzosia) odiensis Puzosia (Puzosia) paronae Puzosia (Puzosia) planulatus Puzosia (Puzosia) sharpei Puzosia (Puzosia) subcorbarica
Type: Ammonites planulatus
Ecology: fast-moving nektonic carnivore
Distribution:
• Motuan of New Zealand (2 collections)
• Cretaceous of Angola (6), Armenia (1), Austria (1), Belgium (1), Bulgaria (1), Egypt (3), France (31), Germany (2), India (3), Iran (3), Madagascar (5), Mexico (2), Papua New Guinea (2), Spain (1), Switzerland (1), Tanzania (1), Tunisia (1), Ukraine (3), the United Kingdom (1), United States (2: California)
Total: 73 collections including 76 occurrences