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Parapuzosia (Parapuzosia) seppenradensis

Cephalopoda - Ammonitida - Desmoceratidae

Taxonomy
Pachydiscus seppenradensis was named by Landois (1895). It is a 3D body fossil. Its type locality is Lüdinghausen-Seppenrade, which is in a Campanian marine sandstone in the Dülmener Schichten Formation of Germany.

It was recombined as Parapuzosia seppenradensis by Summesberger (1979); it was recombined as Parapuzosia (Parapuzosia) seppenradensis by Kennedy and Kaplan (1995).

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1895Pachydiscus seppenradensis Landois p. 1 figs. Pl 1, 2
1979Parapuzosia seppenradensis Summesberger p. 126 figs. Pl 4, fig 24; pl 5, fig 25; pl 6, fig 26; text-figs 14-17
1995Parapuzosia (Parapuzosia) seppenradensis Kennedy and Kaplan p. 21 figs. Pls 35-41; text-figs 4-7

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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
genusParapuzosiaNowak 1913
subgenusParapuzosiaNowak 1913
speciesseppenradensis(Landois 1895)

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
partNmeanminimummaximummedians.d.
shell height4363.3274.5420.0416.082.9
shell diameter41192.6603.01742.01388.0481.8
shell inflation4361.3172.0593.0409.5173.7

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 Santonian to the top of the Early/Lower Campanian or 85.80000 to 70.60000 Ma

Collections (4 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Santonian86.3 - 83.6France Parapuzosia seppenradensis (69878)
Late/Upper Santonian85.8 - 83.5Austria Parapuzosia seppenradensis (177758)
Early/Lower Campanian83.5 - 70.6Germany (Westfalen) Pachydiscus seppenradensis (165369) Parapuzosia seppenradensis (165370)