Cephalopoda - Ammonitida - Desmoceratidae
Alternative combinations: Ammonites gaudama, Desmophyllites gaudama, Desmophyllites gaudana, Puzosia gaudama
Full reference: E. Forbes. 1846. Report on the fossil invertebrata from southern India, collected by Mr. Kaye and Mr. Cunliffe. Transactions of the Geological Society of London, Series 2 7:97-174
Belongs to Mesopuzosia according to W. J. Kennedy 2018
See also Benavides-Caceres 1956, Cooper 1978 and Forbes 1846
Sister taxa: Mesopuzosia densicostata, Mesopuzosia indopacifica, Mesopuzosia intermedia, Mesopuzosia mobergi, Mesopuzosia pacifica, Mesopuzosia yubarense
Average measurements (in mm): shell diameter 65.5
Distribution:
• Cretaceous of India (3 collections), Peru (2)
Total: 5 collections each including a single occurrence
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