Puzosia sullivanae Murphy and Rodda 1960 (ammonite)

Cephalopoda - Ammonitida - Desmoceratidae

Full reference: M. A. Murphy and P. U. Rodda. 1960. Mollusca of the Cretaceous Bald Hills Formation of California. Journal of Paleontology 34(5):835-858

Belongs to Puzosia according to M. A. Murphy and P. U. Rodda 1960

Sister taxa: Puzosia (Anapuzosia), Puzosia (Bhimaites), Puzosia (Latidorsella), Puzosia (Puzosia), Puzosia alaskana, 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 tenuis

Type specimen: UCLA 28657. Its type locality is UCLA loc. 3764, North Fork of Cottonwood Creek, which is in a Cenomanian marine sandstone in the Budden Canyon Formation of California.

Ecology: fast-moving nektonic carnivore

Distribution: found only at UCLA loc. 3764, North Fork of Cottonwood Creek

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