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Puzosia compressa

Cephalopoda - Ammonitida - Desmoceratidae

Taxonomy

Puzosia compressa was named by Kossmat (1898).

It was recombined as Puzosia (Puzosia) compressa by Gautam et al. (2019).

Sister species lacking formal opinion data

P. androiavensis, P. austeni, P. decemsulcata, P. furnicata, P. furnitana, P. furnitana, P. gortanii, P. guadama, P. japonica, P. kiliani, P. ligata, P. malandiandrensis, P. manasoaensis, P. mayori, P. mayori, P. mozambica, P. orientalis, P. provinciale, P. provincialis, P. provincialis, P. quenstedti, P. quenstedti, P. recticostata, P. vegaensis, P. saintoursi, P. plicatulum, P. bushgrovensis

Synonymy list

Year	Name and author
1898	Puzosia compressa Kossmat
2019	Puzosia (Puzosia) compressa Gautam et al. p. 18 fig. 5A,B
2025	Puzosia compressa Oudni et al. p. 8 fig. 7A

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Rank	Name	Author
kingdom	Animalia	()
—	Bilateria
—	Eubilateria	Ax 1987
—	Protostomia
—	Spiralia
superphylum	Lophotrochozoa
phylum	Mollusca
class	Cephalopoda	Cuvier 1797

Rank	Name	Author
subclass	Ammonoidea	()
order	Ammonitida	Haeckel 1866
suborder	Ammonitina	Hyatt 1889
superfamily	Desmoceratoidea	(Zittel 1895)
family	Desmoceratidae	Zittel 1895
subfamily	Puzosiinae	Spath 1922
genus	Puzosia	Bayle 1878
species	compressa	Kossmat 1898

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.

†Puzosia compressa Kossmat 1898

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Diagnosis

No diagnoses are available

Measurements

No measurements are available

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: base of the Late/Upper Albian to the top of the Early/Lower Cenomanian or 106.30000 to 93.90000 Ma

Collections (5 total)

Time interval	Ma	Country or state	Original ID and collection number
Late/Upper Albian	106.3 - 100.5	Madagascar (Antsiranana)	Puzosia compressa (86507)
Late/Upper Albian	106.3 - 100.5	India	Puzosia compressa (201885 201887 201888)
Early/Lower Cenomanian	100.5 - 93.9	Algeria	Puzosia compressa (241588)