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Parapuzosia (Austiniceras) austeni

Cephalopoda - Ammonitida - Desmoceratidae

Taxonomy
Ammonites austeni was named by Sharpe (1855). It is not a trace fossil.

It was recombined as Parapuzosia (Austiniceras) austeni by Wright and Kennedy (1984), Chancellor et al. (1994) and Wilmsen and Nagm (2014).

Sister species lacking formal opinion data
Austiniceras minimum

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1855Ammonites austeni Sharpe p. 28 figs. pl. 12, fig. 1
1984Parapuzosia (Austiniceras) austeni Wright and Kennedy pp. 59, 60
1994Parapuzosia (Austiniceras) austeni Chancellor et al. p. 20
2014Parapuzosia (Austiniceras) austeni Wilmsen and Nagm p. 203 fig. 2a,b

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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
subgenusAustiniceras(Spath 1922)
speciesausteni(Sharpe 1855)

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
No measurements are available
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 2003, Kiessling 2004

Age range: base of the Early/Lower Cenomanian to the top of the Late/Upper Turonian or 99.60000 to 89.30000 Ma

Collections (7 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Cenomanian100.5 - 93.9France (Normandie) Austiniceras austeni (230777)
Cenomanian100.5 - 93.9United Kingdom (England) Austiniceras austeni (81062)
Early/Lower Cenomanian99.6 - 93.5France (Normandie) Austiniceras austeni (230776)
Early/Lower Cenomanian99.6 - 93.5United Kingdom (England) Austiniceras austeni (81002 230775)
Early/Lower Cenomanian - Middle Cenomanian99.6 - 93.5France Austiniceras austeni (230858)
Late/Upper Turonian93.5 - 89.3Germany Parapuzosia austeni (74196)