Cephalopoda - Ammonitida - Desmoceratidae
Alternative spelling: Puzosia (Parapuzosia)
Parent taxon: Puzosiinae according to W. J. Kennedy 1995
See also Anderson 1958, Clark 1960, Kennedy 1993, Kennedy and Kaplan 1995, Sepkoski 2002, Summesberger 1979, Thomel 1988 and Wright and Kennedy 1984
Sister taxa: Abrytusites, Callizoniceras, Feruglioceras, Grandidiericeras, Jimboiceras, Kennicottia, Kitchinites, Lytodiscoides, Melchiorites, Mesopuzosia, Oiophyllites, Pachydesmoceras, Pseudohaploceras, Pseudosilesites, Puzosia, Umsinenoceras, Valdedorsella
Subtaxa: Parapuzosia (Austiniceras) Parapuzosia (Parapuzosia) Parapuzosia americana Parapuzosia bosei Parapuzosia bradyi Puzosia (Parapuzosia) hindsi
Type: Sonneratia daubreei
Ecology: fast-moving nektonic carnivore
Distribution:
• Cretaceous of Antarctica (1 collection), Austria (2), Brazil (2), Cuba (1), France (12), Germany (3), Haiti (2), Puerto Rico (1), the Russian Federation (1), Spain (3), Tunisia (1), the United Kingdom (4), United States (10: California, Montana, Texas)
Total: 43 collections including 47 occurrences
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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