Cephalopoda - Ammonitida - Desmoceratidae
Alternative spellings: Austiniceras, Puzosia (Austiniceras)
Parent taxon: Parapuzosia according to W. J. Kennedy et al. 2024
See also Anderson 1958, Clark 1960, Cooper 1978, Sepkoski 2002, Wilmsen and Nagm 2014 and Wright and Kennedy 1984
Sister taxa: Parapuzosia (Parapuzosia), Parapuzosia americana, Parapuzosia bosei, Parapuzosia bradyi, Puzosia (Parapuzosia) hindsi
Subtaxa: Parapuzosia (Austiniceras) austeni Parapuzosia (Austiniceras) sealei Puzosia (Austiniceras) giganteum
Type: Ammonites austeni
Ecology: fast-moving nektonic carnivore
Distribution:
• Cretaceous of Cuba (1 collection), France (3), Germany (1), Greenland (1), the Russian Federation (1), Spain (1), Tunisia (1), the United Kingdom (4), United States (4: California, Texas)
Total: 17 collections each including a single occurrence