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Puzosia (Anapuzosia) buenaventura

Cephalopoda - Ammonitida - Desmoceratidae

Taxonomy
Puzosia buenaventura was named by Anderson (1938). It is a 3D body fossil. Its type locality is CAS loc. 1346A, Hulen Creek, upper beds, which is in an Albian/Cenomanian marine sandstone in California.

It was recombined as Puzosia (Anapuzosia) buenaventura by Matsumoto (1954).

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1938Puzosia buenaventura Anderson p. 185 figs. Plate 40, figure 3; plate 41, figures 1, 2
1954Puzosia (Anapuzosia) buenaventura Matsumoto p. 71

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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
genusPuzosiaBayle 1878
subgenusAnapuzosia
speciesbuenaventura()

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
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 Aptian to the top of the Early/Lower Cenomanian or 122.46000 to 93.50000 Ma

Collections (2 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Late/Upper Aptian - Early/Lower Albian122.46 - 109.0USA (California) Puzosia buenaventura (216373)
Late/Upper Albian - Early/Lower Cenomanian105.3 - 93.5USA (California) Puzosia buenaventura (type locality: 83772)