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Parapuzosia americana

Cephalopoda - Ammonitida - Desmoceratidae

Taxonomy
Parapuzosia americana was named by Scott and Moore (1928). It is a 3D body fossil. Its type locality is Del Rio road from Eagle Pass, which is in a Campanian carbonate limestone in the Austin Chalk Formation of Texas.

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1928Parapuzosia americana Scott and Moore p. 275 figs. Pl 37, figs 1,3

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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
genusParapuzosiaNowak 1913
speciesamericana

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.

Parapuzosia americana Scott and Moore 1928
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Diagnosis
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