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Puzosia (Austiniceras) giganteum

Cephalopoda - Ammonitida - Desmoceratidae

Taxonomy
Puzosia (Austiniceras) giganteum was named by Anderson (1958). Its type specimen is CAS 2245.03, a shell, and it is a 3D body fossil. Its type locality is CAS loc. 2245, Dry Creek, which is in a Turonian marine siliciclastic in California.

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1958Puzosia (Austiniceras) giganteum Anderson p. 239 figs. Pl 16, figs 1,1a,2

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

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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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
partNmean
shell height1184.0
shell diameter1446.0
shell inflation1146.0

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: Turonian or 93.90000 to 89.80000 Ma

Collections (3 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Turonian93.9 - 89.8USA (California) Puzosia giganteum (44198 44201 type locality: 158107)