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Puzosiinae

Cephalopoda - Ammonitida - Desmoceratidae

Taxonomy
Puzosiinae was named by Spath (1922).

It was reranked as the family Puzosiidae by Spath (1953) and Futakami et al. (1995).

It was assigned to Ammonoidea by Spath (1953); to Desmocerataceae by Futakami et al. (1995); to Puzosiidae by Kennedy (2013); and to Desmoceratidae by Wright (1952), Matsumoto (1959), Clark (1960), Henderson (1970), Förster (1975), Renz (1976), Cooper (1978), Cooper and Kennedy (1979), Summesberger (1979), Wright (1979), Kennedy et al. (1979), Cooper (1982), Renz (1982), Förster and Weier (1983), Wright and Kennedy (1984), Macellari (1986), Summesberger (1992), Kennedy (1993), Kennedy (1994), Kennedy (1994), Kennedy (1995), Kennedy and Kaplan (1995), Reboulet (1996), Kennedy et al. (1996), Kennedy (1999), Kennedy and Summesberger (1999), Arkadiev et al. (2000), Landra et al. (2000), Kennedy and Jolkicev (2004), Gale et al. (2005), Kennedy (2005), Medina and Riccardi (2005), Szives (2007), Kennedy and Latil (2007), Kennedy et al. (2008), Barragán and Maurrasse (2008), Kennedy and Klinger (2011), Kennedy and Gale (2015), Sharifi et al. (2016), Wild and Stilwell (2016), Benzaggagh et al. (2017), Sealey and Lucas (2017), Kennedy (2018), Kennedy and Morris (2018), Robert et al. (2018), El Qot (2018), Gautam et al. (2019) and Matsukawa (2021).

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1922Puzosiinae Spath
1952Puzosiinae Wright
1953Puzosiidae Spath p. 20
1959Puzosiinae Matsumoto p. 16
1960Puzosiinae Clark p. 235
1970Puzosiinae Henderson p. 32
1975Puzosiinae Förster p. 210
1976Puzosiinae Renz p. 759
1978Puzosiinae Cooper p. 73
1979Puzosiinae Cooper and Kennedy p. 235
1979Puzosiinae Kennedy et al. p. 30
1979Puzosiinae Summesberger p. 126
1979Puzosiinae Wright p. 308
1982Puzosiinae Cooper p. 289
1982Puzosiinae Renz p. 22
1983Puzosiinae Förster and Weier p. 57
1984Puzosiinae Wright and Kennedy p. 54
1986Puzosiinae Macellari p. 19
1992Puzosiinae Summesberger p. 108
1993Puzosiinae Kennedy p. 104
1994Puzosiinae Kennedy p. 219
1995Puzosiidae Futakami et al. p. 82
1995Puzosiinae Kennedy p. 391
1995Puzosiinae Kennedy and Kaplan p. 17
1996Puzosiinae Kennedy et al. p. 312
1996Puzosiinae Reboulet p. 162
1999Puzosiinae Kennedy p. 646
1999Puzosiinae Kennedy and Summesberger p. 24
2000Puzosiinae Arkadiev et al. p. 106
2000Puzosiinae Landra et al. p. 35
2004Puzosiinae Kennedy and Jolkicev p. 372
2005Puzosiinae Gale et al. p. 172
2005Puzosiinae Kennedy p. 355
2005Puzosiinae Medina and Riccardi
2007Puzosiinae Kennedy and Latil p. 460
2007Puzosiinae Szives p. 51
2008Puzosiinae Barragán and Maurrasse p. 148
2008Puzosiinae Kennedy et al. p. 37
2011Puzosiinae Kennedy and Klinger p. 63
2013Puzosiinae Kennedy p. 630
2015Puzosiinae Kennedy and Gale p. 511
2016Puzosiinae Sharifi et al. p. 595
2016Puzosiinae Wild and Stilwell p. 975
2017Puzosiinae Benzaggagh et al. p. 117
2017Puzosiinae Sealey and Lucas p. 79
2018Puzosiinae El Qot p. 152
2018Puzosiinae Kennedy p. 671
2018Puzosiinae Kennedy and Morris p. 88
2018Puzosiinae Robert et al. p. 5
2019Puzosiinae Gautam et al. p. 18
2021Puzosiinae Matsukawa p. 5

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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
subfamilyPuzosiinaeSpath 1922

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.

Subfm. †Puzosiinae Spath 1922
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G. †Abrytusites Nikolov and Brekoviski 1969
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†Abrytusites julianyi Honnorat-Bastide 1890
†Abrytusites thieuloyi Vasicek and Michalik 1986
G. †Feruglioceras Leanza 1968
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†Grandidiericeras corrugatum Kennedy and Klinger 2011
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†Jimboiceras mihoense Matsumoto 1954
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Invalid names: Puzosia (Eocanadoceras) hannai Anderson 1958 [synonym]
†Jimboiceras reyi Collignon 1983
Invalid names: Eocanadoceras Anderson 1958 [synonym]
G. †Kennicottia Imlay 1959
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†Kennicottia bifurcata Imlay 1959
†Kennicottia rugosa Imlay 1960
G. †Kitchinites Spath 1922
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Subg. †Kitchinites (Kitchinites) Spath 1922
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Invalid names: Hauericeras ngapuhi Marshall 1926 [synonym], Parapuzosia ordinaria Marshall 1926 [synonym]
†Kitchinites angolaensis Howarth 1965
†Kitchinites darwini Steinmann 1895
†Kitchinites ifrimae Salazar et al. 2010
†Kitchinites spathi Henderson and McNamara 1985
†Kitchinites spengleri Kennedy 1999
†Kitchinites stenomphalus Summesberger 1979
†Kitchinites vicentensis Salazar et al. 2010
G. †Melchiorites Spath 1923
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†Melchiorites emerici Raspail 1831
†Melchiorites haugi Kilian 1910
†Melchiorites indigenes Anderson 1938
†Melchiorites melchioris Tietze 1872
†Melchiorites shastensis Anderson 1938
G. †Mesopuzosia Matsumoto 1954
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†Mesopuzosia densicostata Matsumoto 1954
†Mesopuzosia gaudama Forbes 1846
†Mesopuzosia indopacifica Kossmat 1898
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Invalid names: Puzosia (Parapuzosia) hearni Anderson 1958 [synonym], Puzosia eboroensis Collignon 1961 [synonym]
†Mesopuzosia intermedia Kossmat 1898
†Mesopuzosia mobergi de Grossouvre 1894
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Invalid names: Puzosia curvatisulcata Chatwin and Withers 1909 [synonym], Puzosia gaudemarisi Roman and Mazerin 1913 [synonym]
†Mesopuzosia pacifica Matsumoto 1954
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Invalid names: Puzosia (Parapuzosia) klamathonae Anderson 1958 [synonym]
†Mesopuzosia yubarense Jimbo 1894
G. †Oiophyllites Spath 1953
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†Oiophyllites decipiens Spath 1953
G. †Pachydesmoceras Spath 1922
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†Pachydesmoceras denisonianum Stoliczka 1865
†Pachydesmoceras kamerunense von Koenen 1898
†Pachydesmoceras kossmati Matsumoto 1987
†Pachydesmoceras linderi de Grossouvre 1894
†Pachydesmoceras maroccanum Collignon 1966
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Invalid names: Pachydiscus rosewoodensis Anderson 1958 [synonym]
G. †Parapuzosia Nowak 1913
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†Parapuzosia americana Scott and Moore 1928
†Parapuzosia bosei Scott and Moore 1928
†Parapuzosia bradyi Miller and Youngquist 1946
G. †Pseudohaploceras Hyatt 1900
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†Pseudohaploceras jacobi Burckhardt 1925
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Invalid names: Arctocephalites (Cranocephalites) hulinense Wang 1983 [synonym], Arctocephalites peideense Liang 1982 [synonym], Desmoceras aguilerae Böse 1923 [synonym], Desmoceras alzatei Böse 1923 [synonym], Desmoceras burckhardti Böse 1923 [synonym], Desmoceras durangense Böse 1923 [synonym], Desmoceras flexicostata Böse 1923 [synonym], Desmoceras sparsicosta Böse 1923 [synonym], Desmoceras symonense Böse 1923 [synonym], Desmoceras tenuicostatum Böse 1923 [synonym], Desmoceras wielandi Böse 1923 [synonym], Lobokosmoceras peideense Liang 1982 [synonym], Morphoceras longzhaogouense Liang 1982 [synonym]
†Pseudohaploceras matheroni d'Orbigny 1840
†Pseudohaploceras reesidei Humphrey 1949
G. †Pseudosilesites Egoian 1969
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†Pseudosilesites russoi Leanza 1970
G. †Puzosia Bayle 1878
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Subg. †Puzosia (Anapuzosia) Matsumoto 1954
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†Anapuzosia naidini Marcinowski 1977
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Invalid names: Desmoceras colusaense Anderson 1902 [synonym]
Subg. †Puzosia (Bhimaites) Matsumoto 1954
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†Puzosia (Bhimaites) bhima Stoliczka 1865
Subg. †Puzosia (Latidorsella) Jacob 1907
Subg. †Puzosia (Puzosia) Bayle 1878
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†Puzosia (Puzosia) mayoriana d'Orbigny 1841
†Puzosia alaskana Imlay 1960
†Puzosia aldersona Anderson 1938
†Puzosia ambigua Matsumoto 1954
†Puzosia angladei Savn 1890
†Puzosia bistricta White 1887
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Invalid names: Puzosia garajauana Maury 1936 [synonym], Puzosia rosarica Maury 1936 [synonym], Puzosia welwitschi Choffat 1888 [synonym]
†Puzosia brasiliana Maury 1936
†Puzosia crebrisulcata Kossmat 1898
†Puzosia cuvervillei Meunier 1888
†Puzosia diadema Anderson 1938
†Puzosia hoffmanni Gabb 1864
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Invalid names: Desmoceras dilleri Anderson 1902 [synonym]
†Puzosia intermedia Kossmat 1898
†Puzosia lata Seitz 1931
†Puzosia longmani Whitehouse 1926
†Puzosia media Seitz 1931
†Puzosia nipponica Matsumoto 1954
†Puzosia nolani Fallot 1910
†Puzosia octosulcata Sharpe 1853
†Puzosia puma Murphy and Rodda 1960
†Puzosia quenstedti Parona and Bonarelli 1897
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†Puzosia skidegatensis McLearn 1972
†Puzosia spathi Venzo 1936
†Puzosia subquadrata Anderson 1902
†Puzosia sullivanae Murphy and Rodda 1960
†Puzosia tenuis Haas 1942
G. †Umsinenoceras Kennedy et al. 1979
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†Umsinenoceras cardielense Medina and Riccardi 2005
†Umsinenoceras linguatuberculatum Kennedy et al. 1979
G. †Valdedorsella Breistroffer 1947
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Invalid names: Valdedorsella nunesi Henriques da Silva 1962 [synonym]
†Valdedorsella getulina Coquand 1880
Invalid names: Weavericeras [synonym]
Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available