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Puchenquia

Cephalopoda - Ammonitida - Hammatoceratidae

Taxonomy
Puchenquia is a genus. It is not extant.

It was assigned to Ammonoidea by Sepkoski (2002); and to Hammatoceratinae by Howarth (2013).

Synonymy list
YearName and author
2002Puchenquia Sepkoski
2013Puchenquia Howarth p. 110

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
—Bilateria
—EubilateriaAx 1987
—Protostomia
—Spiralia
superphylumLophotrochozoa
phylumMollusca
classCephalopodaCuvier 1797
RankNameAuthor
subclassAmmonoidea()
orderAmmonitidaHaeckel 1866
suborderAmmonitinaHyatt 1889
superfamilyHammatoceratoideaSchindewolf 1964
familyHammatoceratidaeBuckman 1887
subfamilyHammatoceratinaeBuckman 1887
genusPuchenquia

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.

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Subg. †Puchenquia (Gerthiceras) Westermann and Riccardi 1982
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†Puchenquia (Gerthiceras) compressa Westermann and Riccardi 1982
†Puchenquia (Gerthiceras) mendozana Westermann and Riccardi 1982
Subg. †Puchenquia (Puchenquia) Westermann and Riccardi 1972
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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
partNmeanminimummaximummedians.d.
shell height233.429.038.433.76.65
shell diameter284.774.097.085.516.3
shell inflation226.324.428.426.42.83

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: Late/Upper Aalenian or 174.70000 to 170.90000 Ma

Collections (16 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Concavum174.7 - 170.9Argentina (Mendoza) P. malarguensis (63845 63847 158127 158128 158130 158131 158135) P. mendozana (63841)
Late/Upper Aalenian174.7 - 170.9Chile (Antofagasta) P. malarguensis (210227)
Late/Upper Aalenian174.7 - 170.9Chile (Atacama) P. mendozana (221800) P. sp. (221789)
Murchisonae174.7 - 170.9Argentina (Mendoza) P. compressa (63850) P. compressa, P. mendozana (63852) P. malarguensis, P. compressa (63851) P. mendozana (63853)
Murchisonae174.7 - 170.9Chile P. compressa, P. mendozana (158136)