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Mesopuzosia

Cephalopoda - Ammonitida - Desmoceratidae

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1954Mesopuzosia Matsumoto p. 79
1959Mesopuzosia Matsumoto pp. 17 - 18
1966Mesopuzosia Howarth p. 221
1984Mesopuzosia Matsumoto p. 12
1992Mesopuzosia Summesberger p. 108
1995Mesopuzosia Kennedy p. 394
2002Mesopuzosia Sepkoski
2015Mesopuzosia Kennedy and Gale p. 511
2018Mesopuzosia Kennedy p. 671

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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
genusMesopuzosia

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.

G. †Mesopuzosia Matsumoto 1954
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Mesopuzosia densicostata Matsumoto 1954
Mesopuzosia gaudama Forbes 1846
Mesopuzosia indopacifica Kossmat 1898
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Invalid names: Puzosia (Parapuzosia) hearni Anderson 1958 [synonym], Puzosia eboroensis Collignon 1961 [synonym]
Mesopuzosia intermedia Kossmat 1898
Mesopuzosia mobergi de Grossouvre 1894
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Invalid names: Puzosia curvatisulcata Chatwin and Withers 1909 [synonym], Puzosia gaudemarisi Roman and Mazerin 1913 [synonym]
Mesopuzosia pacifica Matsumoto 1954
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Invalid names: Puzosia (Parapuzosia) klamathonae Anderson 1958 [synonym]
Mesopuzosia yubarense Jimbo 1894
Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
partNmeanminimummaximummedians.d.
shell height785.317.0240.0190.0100.5
shell diameter7221.840.0615.0540.0276.5
shell inflation776.212.0229.0198.0103.7

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 Campanian or 100.50000 to 72.20000 Ma

Collections (62 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Late/Upper Cenomanian100.5 - 93.9Angola Puzosia intermedia (175545)
Early/Lower Turonian93.9 - 89.8Venezuela (Trujillo) M. sp. (88079)
Early/Lower Turonian93.9 - 89.8France Puzosia gaudemarisi (82852)
Late/Upper Turonian93.9 - 89.8Japan (Hokkaido) M. pacifica (94686)
Late/Upper Turonian93.9 - 89.8United Kingdom (England) Puzosia curvatisulcata (175765 175784)
Late/Upper Turonian93.9 - 89.8USA (Washington) M. sp. (210527)
Late/Upper Turonian93.9 - 89.8USA (California) M. indopacifica (44211) M. sp. Matsumoto 1960 (215570) M. yubarense (238641) Puzosia hearni (158106)
Late/Upper Turonian93.9 - 89.8France M. mobergi (175633)
Middle Turonian93.9 - 89.8Japan M. pacifica (69163 69175) M. sp. (4877 69154 69155 69158 69162 69172) M. yubarensis (69157)
Middle Turonian93.9 - 89.8Angola M. yubarensis (69809)
Middle Turonian93.9 - 89.8USA (Alaska) M. indopacifica (51920)
Middle Turonian93.9 - 89.8USA (California) M. pacifica (225675) M. sp. (215505 225640)
Middle Turonian93.9 - 89.8Austria M. intermedia (175575)
Middle Turonian - Late/Upper Turonian93.9 - 89.8Japan M. indopacifica (87012)
Turonian93.9 - 89.8Japan M. pacifica (69167 69174) M. sp. (65022 69159 69171)
Turonian93.9 - 89.8USA (Oregon) Puzosia klamathonae (158110)
Turonian93.9 - 89.8USA (California) M. sp. (86784) Puzosia klamathonae, M. pacifica (44213)
Turonian93.9 - 89.8Japan (Hokkaido) M. yubarensis (94687)
Turonian - Coniacian93.9 - 85.7USA (Alaska) M. indopacifica (88940) M. sp. (88935 88941)
Turonian - Santonian93.9 - 83.6New Zealand M. sp. (83452)
Coniacian89.8 - 85.7USA (Alaska) M. sp. (88943)
Coniacian89.8 - 85.7Peru Desmophyllites gaudama (88132 105520)
Early/Lower Coniacian89.8 - 85.7India (Tamil Nadu) M. gaudama (198605 198606 198607)
Early/Lower Coniacian89.8 - 85.7Japan (Fukushima) M. pacifica (170188) M. yubarensis (73568 157763 157764 157765 157766 157767 157768 157769 157770)
Early/Lower Coniacian89.8 - 85.7Angola M. indopacifica (210900)
Late/Upper Coniacian89.8 - 85.7France M. sp. (179217)
Early/Lower Santonian85.7 - 83.6USA (California) M. densicostata (86956)
Campanian83.6 - 72.2Japan M. densicostata (87024)
Campanian83.6 - 72.2Antarctica M. sp. (83566)