Cephalopoda - Ammonitida - Desmoceratidae
Full reference: R. W. Imlay. 1960. Early Cretaceous (Albian) ammonites from the Chitna Valley and Talkeetna Mountains, Alaska. United States Geological Survey Professional Paper 354(D):87-114
Belongs to Puzosia according to D. L. Jones 1967
See also Imlay 1960
Sister taxa: Puzosia (Anapuzosia), Puzosia (Bhimaites), Puzosia (Latidorsella), Puzosia (Puzosia), 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
Type specimen: USNM 130143, a shell. Its type locality is Alaska, Kennicott Formation, USGS Mes. loc. 9492, which is in an Albian marginal marine sandstone in Alaska.
Ecology: fast-moving nektonic carnivore
Average measurements (in mm): shell diameter 20.0
Distribution:
• Cretaceous of United States (3: Alaska collections)
Total: 3 collections each including a single occurrence
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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