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Parapuzosia (Austiniceras) sealei

Cephalopoda - Ammonitida - Desmoceratidae

Taxonomy
Parapuzosia (Austiniceras) sealei was named by Clark (1960). Its type specimen is SMU 35024, a shell, and it is a 3D body fossil. Its type locality is Britton-Cedar Hill road, southeast of Britton, which is in a Turonian marine siliciclastic in the Britton Formation of Texas.

Sister species lacking formal opinion data

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1960Parapuzosia (Austiniceras) sealei Clark p. 35 figs. Pl 34, figs 1-3; text-figs 1,2

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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
genusParapuzosiaNowak 1913
subgenusAustiniceras(Spath 1922)
speciessealei

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 height1250.0
shell diameter1600.0
shell inflation1180.0

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: Middle Turonian or 93.50000 to 89.30000 Ma

Collections: one only


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Middle Turonian93.5 - 89.3USA (Texas) Parapuzosia sealei (type locality: 178919)