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Puchenquia (Gerthiceras) compressa

Cephalopoda - Ammonitida - Hammatoceratidae

Taxonomy
Puchenquia (Gerthiceras) compressa was named by Westermann and Riccardi (1982). Its type specimen is MLP 14573, a shell, and it is a 3D body fossil. Its type locality is Locality 823, Rio Potimalal, Mendoza, which is in a Murchisonae transition zone/lower shoreface sandstone in Argentina. It is the type species of Puchenquia (Gerthiceras).

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1982Puchenquia (Gerthiceras) compressa Westermann and Riccardi p. 35 figs. Pl 6, figs 2a-3; text-fig 6A-C

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

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.

Puchenquia (Gerthiceras) compressa Westermann and Riccardi 1982
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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
partNmean
shell height138.4
shell diameter197.0
shell inflation128.4

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: Murchisonae or 174.70000 to 170.90000 Ma

Collections (4 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Murchisonae174.7 - 170.9Argentina (Mendoza) Puchenquia compressa (63850 type locality: 63851 63852)
Murchisonae174.7 - 170.9Chile Puchenquia compressa (158136)