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Puzosia (Parapuzosia) hindsi

Cephalopoda - Ammonitida - Desmoceratidae

Taxonomy

Puzosia (Parapuzosia) hindsi was named by Anderson (1958). Its type specimen is CAS 2233.01, a shell, and it is a 3D body fossil. Its type locality is CAS loc. 2233, Hulen Creek, which is in a Cenomanian marine siliciclastic in the Budden Canyon Formation of California.

It was recombined as Desmoceras (Pseudouhligella) hindsi by Matsumoto (1960).

Sister species lacking formal opinion data

P. androiavensis, P. austeni, P. decemsulcata, P. furnicata, P. furnitana, P. furnitana, P. gortanii, P. guadama, P. japonica, P. kiliani, P. ligata, P. malandiandrensis, P. manasoaensis, P. mayori, P. mayori, P. mozambica, P. orientalis, P. provinciale, P. provincialis, P. provincialis, P. quenstedti, P. quenstedti, P. recticostata, P. vegaensis, P. saintoursi, P. plicatulum, P. bushgrovensis

Synonymy list

Year	Name and author
1958	Puzosia (Parapuzosia) hindsi Anderson p. 237 figs. Pl 8, fig 2
1960	Desmoceras (Pseudouhligella) hindsi Matsumoto p. 81

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Rank	Name	Author
kingdom	Animalia	()
—	Bilateria
—	Eubilateria	Ax 1987
—	Protostomia
—	Spiralia
superphylum	Lophotrochozoa
phylum	Mollusca
class	Cephalopoda	Cuvier 1797
subclass	Ammonoidea	()

Rank	Name	Author
order	Ammonitida	Haeckel 1866
suborder	Ammonitina	Hyatt 1889
superfamily	Desmoceratoidea	(Zittel 1895)
family	Desmoceratidae	Zittel 1895
subfamily	Puzosiinae	Spath 1922
genus	Puzosia	Nowak 1913
subgenus	Parapuzosia
species	hindsi

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.

†Puzosia (Parapuzosia) hindsi Anderson 1958

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Diagnosis

No diagnoses are available

Measurements

part	N	mean
shell height	1	23.0
shell diameter	1	50.0
shell inflation	1	13.0

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: Late/Upper Cenomanian or 100.50000 to 93.90000 Ma

Collections: one only

Time interval	Ma	Country or state	Original ID and collection number
Late/Upper Cenomanian	100.5 - 93.9	USA (California)	Puzosia hindsi (type locality: 158105)