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Parapuzosia (Parapuzosia) corbarica

Cephalopoda - Ammonitida - Desmoceratidae

Taxonomy

Puzosia corbarica was named by de Grossouvre (1894). Its type specimen is MNHN.F.R07939, a shell, and it is a 3D body fossil. Its type locality is Climb from Sougraigne to Les Croutets (Calcaires marneux), which is in a Coniacian carbonate marl in France.

It was recombined as Parapuzosia (Parapuzosia) corbarica by Kennedy (1995).

Synonymy list

Year	Name and author
1894	Puzosia corbarica de Grossouvre p. 174 figs. Pl 27, fig 1
1995	Parapuzosia (Parapuzosia) corbarica Kennedy p. 391 figs. Pl 2, fig 9; pl 5, figs 1-3; text-figs 12,13

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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	Parapuzosia	Nowak 1913
subgenus	Parapuzosia	Nowak 1913
species	corbarica	(de Grossouvre 1894)

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.

†Parapuzosia (Parapuzosia) corbarica de Grossouvre 1894

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Diagnosis

No diagnoses are available

Measurements

part	N	mean
shell height	1	64.5
shell diameter	1	152.0
shell inflation	1	43.0

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: base of the Coniacian to the top of the Santonian or 89.80000 to 83.60000 Ma

Collections (5 total)

Time interval	Ma	Country or state	Original ID and collection number
Coniacian	89.8 - 85.7	Puerto Rico	Parapuzosia corbarica (88261)
Late/Upper Coniacian	89.8 - 85.7	France	Parapuzosia corbarica (179222) Puzosia corbarica (179204)
Late/Upper Coniacian - Santonian	89.8 - 83.6	Spain	Parapuzosia corbarica (66968)
Santonian	85.7 - 83.6	France	Parapuzosia corbarica (179203)