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Puzosia alaskana

Cephalopoda - Ammonitida - Desmoceratidae

Taxonomy
Puzosia alaskana was named by Imlay (1960). Its type specimen is USNM 130143, a shell, and it is a 3D body fossil. Its type locality is Alaska, Kennicott Formation, USGS Mes. loc. 9492, which is in an Albian marginal marine sandstone in Alaska.

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1960Puzosia alaskana Imlay p. 104 figs. pl. 16, figs. 1-13
1967Puzosia alaskana Jones p. 40 figs. Pl 4, figs 1-9

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
—Bilateria
—EubilateriaAx 1987
—Protostomia
—Spiralia
superphylumLophotrochozoa
phylumMollusca
classCephalopodaCuvier 1797
RankNameAuthor
subclassAmmonoidea()
orderAmmonitida
suborderAmmonitinaHyatt 1889
superfamilyDesmoceratoidea(Zittel 1895)
familyDesmoceratidaeZittel 1895
subfamilyPuzosiinaeSpath 1922
genusPuzosiaBayle 1878
speciesalaskana

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 alaskana Imlay 1960
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Diagnosis
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