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Parapuzosia (Austiniceras)

Cephalopoda - Ammonitida - Desmoceratidae

Taxonomy
Austiniceras was named by Spath (1922) [Sepkoski's age data: K Ceno-l K Camp-l Sepkoski's reference number: 730].

It was reranked as Puzosia (Austiniceras) by Anderson (1958) and Cooper (1978); it was reranked as Parapuzosia (Austiniceras) by Clark (1960), Wright and Kennedy (1984) and Wilmsen and Nagm (2014).

It was assigned to Puzosia by Anderson (1958) and Cooper (1978); to Ammonoidea by Sepkoski (2002); and to Parapuzosia by Clark (1960), Wright and Kennedy (1984) and Wilmsen and Nagm (2014).

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1922Austiniceras Spath p. 127
1958Puzosia (Austiniceras) Anderson p. 239
1960Parapuzosia (Austiniceras) Clark p. 235
1978Puzosia (Austiniceras) Cooper p. 75
1984Parapuzosia (Austiniceras) Wright and Kennedy p. 59
2002Austiniceras Sepkoski
2014Parapuzosia (Austiniceras) Wilmsen and Nagm p. 203

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
Bilateria
EubilateriaAx 1987
Protostomia
Spiralia
superphylumLophotrochozoa
phylumMollusca
classCephalopodaCuvier 1797
RankNameAuthor
subclassAmmonoidea()
orderAmmonitida
suborderAmmonitinaHyatt 1889
superfamilyDesmoceratoidea(Zittel 1895)
familyDesmoceratidaeZittel 1895
subfamilyPuzosiinaeSpath 1922
genusParapuzosiaNowak 1913
subgenusAustiniceras(Spath 1922)

If no rank is listed, the taxon is considered an unranked clade in modern classifications. Ranks may be repeated or presented in the wrong order because authors working on different parts of the classification may disagree about how to rank taxa.

Subg. †Parapuzosia (Austiniceras) Spath 1922
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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
partNmeanminimummaximummedians.d.
shell height2214.5184.0250.0217.046.7
shell diameter2517.3446.0600.0523.0108.9
shell inflation2162.1146.0180.0163.024.0

Composition: aragoniteo
Environment: marinec
Locomotion: fast-movingo
Life habit: nektonico
Diet: carnivoreo
Vision: well-developedc
Created: 2005-01-28 02:27:03
Modified: 2009-10-08 14:14:55
Source: o = order, c = class
References: Kiessling 2003, Kiessling 2004

Age range: base of the Late/Upper Cenomanian to the top of the Santonian or 99.60000 to 83.60000 Ma

Collections (16 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Cenomanian100.5 - 93.9France (Normandie) Austiniceras austeni (230777)
Cenomanian100.5 - 93.9United Kingdom (England) Austiniceras austeni (81062)
Early/Lower Cenomanian99.6 - 93.5United Kingdom (England) Austiniceras austeni (81002 230775)
Early/Lower Cenomanian99.6 - 93.5France (Normandie) Austiniceras austeni (230776)
Early/Lower Cenomanian - Middle Cenomanian99.6 - 93.5France Austiniceras austeni (230858)
Late/Upper Cenomanian99.6 - 93.5Spain Parapuzosia sp. (186929)
Late/Upper Cenomanian99.6 - 93.5United Kingdom (England) Austiniceras sp. (82797)
Turonian93.9 - 89.8USA (California) Puzosia giganteum (44198 44201 158107)
Late/Upper Turonian93.5 - 89.3Germany Parapuzosia austeni (74196)
Late/Upper Turonian93.5 - 89.3Russian Federation (Sakhalin) Austiniceras minimum (64572)
Late/Upper Turonian93.5 - 89.3Tunisia Parapuzosia sp. (88857)
Middle Turonian93.5 - 89.3USA (Texas) Parapuzosia sealei (178919)
Santonian86.3 - 83.6Cuba Austiniceras sp. (100121)