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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]. Its type is Ammonites austeni.

It was reranked as Puzosia (Austiniceras) by Anderson (1958), Cooper (1978); it was reranked as Parapuzosia (Austiniceras) by Clark (1960), Wright and Kennedy (1984), Wilmsen and Nagm (2014), Kennedy et al. (2024).

It was assigned to Puzosia by Anderson (1958), Cooper (1978); to Ammonoidea by Sepkoski (2002); and to Parapuzosia by Clark (1960), Wright and Kennedy (1984), Wilmsen and Nagm (2014), Kennedy et al. (2024).

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
2024Parapuzosia (Austiniceras) Kennedy et al. p. 12

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
—Bilateria
—EubilateriaAx 1987
—Protostomia
—Spiralia
superphylumLophotrochozoa
phylumMollusca
classCephalopodaCuvier 1797
RankNameAuthor
subclassAmmonoidea()
orderAmmonitidaHaeckel 1866
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 height3148.671.4250.0184.090.3
shell diameter3349.8160.0600.0446.0223.3
shell inflation3108.648.7180.0146.068.1

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 2004, Kiessling 2003

Age range: base of the Early/Lower Cenomanian to the top of the Santonian or 100.50000 to 83.60000 Ma

Collections (17 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 Cenomanian100.5 - 93.9Greenland Parapuzosia austeni (237446)
Early/Lower Cenomanian100.5 - 93.9France (Normandie) Austiniceras austeni (230776)
Early/Lower Cenomanian100.5 - 93.9United Kingdom (England) Austiniceras austeni (81002 230775)
Early/Lower Cenomanian - Middle Cenomanian100.5 - 93.9France Austiniceras austeni (230858)
Late/Upper Cenomanian100.5 - 93.9United Kingdom (England) Austiniceras sp. (82797)
Late/Upper Cenomanian100.5 - 93.9Spain Parapuzosia sp. (186929)
Late/Upper Turonian93.9 - 89.8Russian Federation (Sakhalin) Austiniceras minimum (64572)
Late/Upper Turonian93.9 - 89.8Germany Parapuzosia austeni (74196)
Late/Upper Turonian93.9 - 89.8Tunisia Parapuzosia sp. (88857)
Middle Turonian93.9 - 89.8USA (Texas) Parapuzosia sealei (178919)
Turonian93.9 - 89.8USA (California) Puzosia giganteum (44198 44201 158107)
Santonian85.7 - 83.6Cuba Austiniceras sp. (100121)