Cephalopoda - Ammonitida - Desmoceratidae
Alternative spelling: Neopuzosia
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
Parent taxon: Kitchinites according to J. W. Haggart and P. D. Ward 1989
See also Jones 1966 and Matsumoto 1954
Sister taxa: Kitchinites (Kitchinites), Kitchinites angolaensis, Kitchinites darwini, Kitchinites ifrimae, Kitchinites pondicherryanus, Kitchinites spathi, Kitchinites spengleri, Kitchinites stenomphalus, Kitchinites vicentensis
Subtaxa: Kitchinites (Neopuzosia) ishikawai Kitchinites (Neopuzosia) japonicus
Ecology: fast-moving nektonic carnivore
Distribution:
• Cretaceous of Antarctica (1 collection), Japan (4), the Russian Federation (4), United States (1: California)
Total: 10 collections each including a single occurrence