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Puzosia cuvervillei

Cephalopoda - Ammonitida - Desmoceratidae

Taxonomy
Desmoceras cuvervillei was named by Meunier (1888). It is a 3D body fossil. Its type locality is North cliff, Lobito Bay, which is in an Albian carbonate limestone in Angola.

It was recombined as Puzosia cuvervillei by Spath (1922) and Haas (1942).

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1888Desmoceras cuvervillei Meunier p. 62 figs. Pl 1, fig 2
1922Puzosia cuvervillei Spath p. 153
1942Puzosia cuvervillei Haas p. 155 figs. Pl 38, figs 5,6; pl 39, fig 1; pl 41, figs 11-13; text-figs 21a-e

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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
genusPuzosiaBayle 1878
speciescuvervillei()

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.

†Puzosia cuvervillei Meunier 1888
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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 2004, Kiessling 2003

Age range: Late/Upper Albian or 105.30000 to 99.60000 Ma

Collections (2 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Late/Upper Albian105.3 - 99.6Angola Desmoceras cuvervillei (type locality: 209632) Puzosia cuvervillei (83840)