Puzosia nipponica Matsumoto 1954 (ammonite)

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

Belongs to Puzosia according to T. Matsumoto 1954

Sister taxa: Puzosia (Anapuzosia), Puzosia (Bhimaites), Puzosia (Latidorsella), Puzosia (Puzosia), Puzosia alaskana, Puzosia aldersona, Puzosia ambigua, Puzosia angladei, Puzosia bistricta, Puzosia brasiliana, Puzosia compressa, Puzosia crebrisulcata, Puzosia cuvervillei, Puzosia diadema, Puzosia hoffmanni, Puzosia intermedia, Puzosia lata, Puzosia longmani, Puzosia media, Puzosia nolani, Puzosia octosulcata, Puzosia puma, Puzosia quenstedti, Puzosia skidegatensis, Puzosia spathi, Puzosia subquadrata, Puzosia sullivanae, Puzosia tenuis

Type specimen: GT I-3191

Ecology: fast-moving nektonic carnivore

Distribution: found only at Chenaibo coastal cliff sample W-A (Cretaceous of Japan)

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