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Puchenquia (Gerthiceras) mendozana

Cephalopoda - Ammonitida - Hammatoceratidae

Taxonomy
Puchenquia (Gerthiceras) mendozana was named by Westermann and Riccardi (1982). Its type specimen is MLP 13941, a shell, and it is a 3D body fossil. Its type locality is Locality 822, Rio Potimalal, Mendoza, which is in a Murchisonae transition zone/lower shoreface sandstone in Argentina.

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1982Puchenquia (Gerthiceras) mendozana Westermann and Riccardi p. 36 figs. Pl 6, figs 1a-d

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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
speciesmendozana

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) mendozana Westermann and Riccardi 1982
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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
partNmean
shell height129.0
shell diameter174.0
shell inflation124.4

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: Late/Upper Aalenian or 174.70000 to 170.90000 Ma

Collections (5 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Concavum174.7 - 170.9Argentina (Mendoza) Puchenquia mendozana (63841)
Late/Upper Aalenian174.7 - 170.9Chile (Atacama) Puchenquia mendozana (221800)
Murchisonae174.7 - 170.9Argentina (Mendoza) Puchenquia mendozana (type locality: 63852 63853)
Murchisonae174.7 - 170.9Chile Puchenquia mendozana (158136)