Cephalopoda - Ammonitida - Desmoceratidae
Synonym: Puzosia (Parapuzosia) klamathonae Anderson 1958
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
Belongs to Mesopuzosia according to T. Matsumoto 1959
See also Anderson 1958 and Matsumoto 1954
Sister taxa: Mesopuzosia densicostata, Mesopuzosia gaudama, Mesopuzosia indopacifica, Mesopuzosia intermedia, Mesopuzosia mobergi, Mesopuzosia yubarense
Type specimens:
- Mesopuzosia pacifica: GK. H 1257.
- Puzosia (Parapuzosia) klamathonae: Its type locality is Forty-nine mine, south of Phoenix (Turonian blocks), which is in a Turonian marine siliciclastic in Oregon.
Ecology: fast-moving nektonic carnivore
Distribution:
• Cretaceous of Japan (5 collections), United States (3: California, Oregon)
Total: 8 collections including 9 occurrences
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