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Mesopuzosia indopacifica

Cephalopoda - Ammonitida - Desmoceratidae

Taxonomy
Puzosia indopacifica was named by Kossmat (1898).

It was recombined as Mesopuzosia indopacifica by Matsumoto (1954), Matsumoto (1959), Jones (1967) and Cooper (2003).

Synonyms
Synonymy list
YearName and author
1898Puzosia indopacifica Kossmat
1954Mesopuzosia indopacifica Matsumoto p. 84
1958Puzosia (Parapuzosia) hearni Anderson p. 238 figs. Pl 38, figs 1,1a,1b
1959Mesopuzosia indopacifica Matsumoto pp. 19 - 20
1961Puzosia eboroensis Collignon
1967Mesopuzosia indopacifica Jones p. 41 figs. Pl 4, figs 30-35
2003Mesopuzosia indopacifica Cooper p. 111 fig. 12,13

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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
genusMesopuzosia
speciesindopacifica(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.

Mesopuzosia indopacifica Kossmat 1898
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Invalid names: Puzosia (Parapuzosia) hearni Anderson 1958 [synonym], Puzosia eboroensis Collignon 1961 [synonym]
Diagnosis
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