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Mesopuzosia gaudama

Cephalopoda - Ammonitida - Desmoceratidae

Taxonomy
Ammonites gaudama was named by Forbes (1846). It is a 3D body fossil.

It was recombined as Puzosia gaudama by Kossmat (1898); it was recombined as Desmophyllites gaudama by Benavides-Caceres (1956); it was recombined as Mesopuzosia gaudama by Kennedy (2018).

Sister species lacking formal opinion data

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1846Ammonites gaudama Forbes p. 113 figs. pl. 10, fig. 3
1898Puzosia gaudama Kossmat
1956Desmophyllites gaudama Benavides-Caceres p. 439
2018Mesopuzosia gaudama Kennedy p. 672 fig. 7,8

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
Bilateria
EubilateriaAx 1987
Protostomia
Spiralia
superphylumLophotrochozoa
phylumMollusca
classCephalopodaCuvier 1797
RankNameAuthor
subclassAmmonoidea()
orderAmmonitidaHaeckel 1866
suborderAmmonitinaHyatt 1889
superfamilyDesmoceratoidea(Zittel 1895)
familyDesmoceratidaeZittel 1895
subfamilyPuzosiinaeSpath 1922
genusMesopuzosia
speciesgaudama()

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.

Mesopuzosia gaudama Forbes 1846
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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
partNmean
shell height127.0
shell diameter165.5
shell inflation122.5

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: Coniacian or 89.80000 to 85.70000 Ma

Collections (5 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Coniacian89.8 - 85.7Peru Desmophyllites gaudama (88132 105520)
Early/Lower Coniacian89.8 - 85.7India (Tamil Nadu) Mesopuzosia gaudama (198605 198606 198607)