Cephalopoda - Ammonitida - Desmoceratidae
Full reference: T. Matsumoto. 1954. Family Puzosiidae from Hokkaido and Saghalien : Studies on the Cretaceous Ammonoidea from Hokkaido and Saghalien-V. Memoirs of the Faculty of Science, Kyushu University, Series D, Geology 5(2):69-118
Parent taxon: Puzosiinae according to W. J. Kennedy 2018
See also Howarth 1966, Kennedy 1995, Kennedy and Gale 2015, Matsumoto 1954, Matsumoto 1959, Matsumoto 1984, Sepkoski 2002 and Summesberger 1992
Sister taxa: Abrytusites, Callizoniceras, Feruglioceras, Grandidiericeras, Jimboiceras, Kennicottia, Kitchinites, Lytodiscoides, Melchiorites, Oiophyllites, Pachydesmoceras, Parapuzosia, Pseudohaploceras, Pseudosilesites, Puzosia, Umsinenoceras, Valdedorsella
Subtaxa: Mesopuzosia densicostata Mesopuzosia gaudama Mesopuzosia indopacifica Mesopuzosia intermedia Mesopuzosia mobergi Mesopuzosia pacifica Mesopuzosia yubarense
Type: Mesopuzosia pacifica
Ecology: fast-moving nektonic carnivore
Distribution:
• Cretaceous of Angola (3 collections), Antarctica (1), Austria (1), France (3), India (3), Japan (28), New Zealand (1), Peru (2), the United Kingdom (2), United States (16: Alaska, California, Oregon, Washington), Venezuela (1)
Total: 61 collections including 62 occurrences
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