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Puzosia sp.

Soure, Coimbra, Portugal

Puzosia sp.

Soure, Coimbra, Portugal

Puzosia sp.

Soure, Coimbra, Portugal

Puzosia sp.

Soure, Coimbra, Portugal

Puzosia sp.

Soure, Coimbra, Portugal

Puzosia sp.

Soure, Coimbra, Portugal

Description

Puzosia is a genus of desmoceratid ammonites, and the type genus for the Puzosiinae, which lived during the middle part of the Cretaceous, from early Aptian to Maastrichtian (125.5 to 70.6 Ma). Sepkoski defines the range from Albian to Santonian. The generic name comes from the Serbian words "Puž" (snail) and "oce/ose" (axis), gaining its name from the shell's snail-like appearance.

From Wikipedia article at https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Puzosia, which is released under the Creative Commons Attribution-Share-Alike License 3.0.

Source Data

Source	ID	Link
Global Biodiversity Information Facility ID (GBIF)	4627634	https://www.gbif.org/species/4627634
PaleoBioDB ID (PBDB)	15560	https://paleobiodb.org/classic/checkTaxonInfo?taxon_no=15560

Rank

genus

Taxonomy (GBIF)

Life : Animalia : Mollusca : Cephalopoda : Ammonoidea : Desmoceratidae : Puzosia

Taxonomy (PBDB)

Life : Animalia : Mollusca : Cephalopoda : Ammonitida : Desmoceratidae : Puzosia

Taxonomic Status (GBIF)

accepted

Classification
(PBDB,GBIF)

Rank	Name	Author
-	Eukaryota
-	Opisthokonta	Cavalier-Smith 1987
kingdom	Animalia
-	Bilateria
-	Eubilateria	Ax 1987
-	Protostomia	Grobben 1908
-	Spiralia
superphylum	Lophotrochozoa
phylum	Mollusca	Linnaeus 1758
class	Cephalopoda	Cuvier 1797
subclass	Ammonoidea
order	Ammonitida	Hyatt 1889
suborder	Ammonitina	Hyatt 1889
superfamily	Desmoceratoidea
family	Desmoceratidae	Zittel 1895
subfamily	Puzosiinae	Spath 1922
genus	Puzosia	Bayle 1878

Scientific Name

Puzosia Bayle, 1878

Name Published In

Explic. Carte France, 4 Atl., fasc. 1, pl. & explan. pl

Opinions (PBDB)

Name	Rank	Opinion	Evidence	Author
Puzosia	subgenus	belongs to Desmoceras	stated with evidence	Whiteaves, 1900
Puzosia	genus	belongs to Desmoceratidae	stated without evidence	Whitehouse, 1926
Puzosia	genus	belongs to Puzosiinae	stated with evidence	Förster, 1975
Puzosia	genus	belongs to Puzosiinae	stated without evidence	Renz, 1982
Puzosia	genus	belongs to Puzosiinae	stated with evidence	Wright and Kennedy, 1984
Puzosia	genus	belongs to Desmoceratidae	stated without evidence	Zaborski, 1985
Puzosia	genus	belongs to Puzosiidae	stated with evidence	Matsumoto and Skwarko, 1993
Puzosia	genus	belongs to Puzosiinae	stated with evidence	Kennedy, 1994
Puzosia	genus	belongs to Ammonoidea	second hand	Sepkoski, 2002
Puzosia	genus	belongs to Puzosiinae	stated with evidence	Kennedy and Jolkicev, 2004

Status (PBDB)

extinct

Taxon Size (PBDB)

First Recorded Appearance

130 - 125 Ma
Early/Lower Cretaceous

Last Recorded Appearance

85.8 - 70.6 Ma
Late/Upper Cretaceous

Motility

fast-moving (based on Ammonoidea)

Vision

well-developed (based on Cephalopoda)

Diet

carnivore (based on Ammonoidea)

Taphonomy

aragonite (based on Ammonoidea)

Primary Reference (PBDB)

J. J. Sepkoski, Jr. 2002. A compendium of fossil marine animal genera. Bulletins of American Paleontology 363:1-560

Wikipedia

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Puzosia

Fossil Distribution

Subtaxa

Name	Status	Common Name(s)	Fossil Occurrences	Oldest	Youngest
Puzosia (Anapuzosia) ✝ subgenus	listed (PBDB)		14	113 Ma Early/Lower Cretaceous	99.6 Ma Late/Upper Cretaceous
Puzosia (Bhimaites) ✝ subgenus	listed (PBDB)		8	105 Ma Early/Lower Cretaceous	105 Ma Early/Lower Cretaceous
Puzosia (Eocanadoceras) ✝ subgenus	listed (PBDB)		1	93.9 Ma Late/Upper Cretaceous	93.9 Ma Late/Upper Cretaceous
Puzosia (Latidorsella) ✝ subgenus	listed (PBDB)
Puzosia (Puzosia) ✝ subgenus	listed (PBDB)		62	113 Ma Early/Lower Cretaceous	93.5 Ma Late/Upper Cretaceous
Ammonites tucuyensis species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Puzosia alaskana ✝ species	accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB)		3	113 Ma Early/Lower Cretaceous	112 Ma Early/Lower Cretaceous
Puzosia androiavensis species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Puzosia angladei ✝ species	accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB)		2	125 Ma Early/Lower Cretaceous	105 Ma Early/Lower Cretaceous
Puzosia biroi species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Puzosia bistricta ✝ species	accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB)		4	109 Ma Early/Lower Cretaceous	105 Ma Early/Lower Cretaceous
Puzosia brasiliana ✝ species	accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB)		1	105 Ma Early/Lower Cretaceous	105 Ma Early/Lower Cretaceous
Puzosia chirichensis species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Puzosia communis species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Puzosia crebrisulcata ✝ species	accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB)		2	99.6 Ma Late/Upper Cretaceous	99.6 Ma Late/Upper Cretaceous
Puzosia decaryi species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Puzosia dibleyi species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Puzosia dilleri ✝ species	accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB)		3	113 Ma Early/Lower Cretaceous	105 Ma Early/Lower Cretaceous
Puzosia eboroensis species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Puzosia garajauana ✝ species	accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB)		2	109 Ma Early/Lower Cretaceous	109 Ma Early/Lower Cretaceous
Puzosia getulina species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Puzosia hannai species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Puzosia hoffmannii species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Puzosia lata ✝ species	accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB)		2	109 Ma Early/Lower Cretaceous	109 Ma Early/Lower Cretaceous
Puzosia leonis species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Puzosia longmani ✝ species	accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB)		1	105 Ma Early/Lower Cretaceous	105 Ma Early/Lower Cretaceous
Puzosia lytoceroides ✝ species	accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB)
Puzosia manazoensis species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Puzosia mancosense species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Puzosia mayoriana species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Puzosia media ✝ species	accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB)		1	109 Ma Early/Lower Cretaceous	109 Ma Early/Lower Cretaceous
Puzosia militis species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Puzosia naidini species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Puzosia paronae species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Puzosia planulatus species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Puzosia puma ✝ species	listed (PBDB)		2	99.6 Ma Late/Upper Cretaceous	99.6 Ma Late/Upper Cretaceous
Puzosia quenstedti ✝ species	accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB)		10	113 Ma Early/Lower Cretaceous	105 Ma Early/Lower Cretaceous
Puzosia rosarica ✝ species	accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB)		1	109 Ma Early/Lower Cretaceous	109 Ma Early/Lower Cretaceous
Puzosia serratocarinata species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Puzosia skidegatensis ✝ species	accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB)		6	113 Ma Early/Lower Cretaceous	99.6 Ma Late/Upper Cretaceous
Puzosia snamensis species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Puzosia sullivanae ✝ species	listed (PBDB)		1	99.6 Ma Late/Upper Cretaceous	99.6 Ma Late/Upper Cretaceous
Puzosia weaveri species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB

Obsolete Names

Name	Source	Taxon Rank	Taxonomy
Puzosta Petitclerc, 1926	GBIF	genus	Animalia : Mollusca : Cephalopoda : Ammonoidea : Desmoceratidae : *Puzosta*
Puzozia Whiteaves, 1884	GBIF	genus	Animalia : Mollusca : Cephalopoda : Ammonoidea : Desmoceratidae : *Puzozia*

Synonymy List

Year	Name and Author
1878	Puzosia Bayle
1900	Desmoceras (Puzosia) Whiteaves p. 286
1926	Puzosia Whitehouse p. 218
1928	Puzosia Whitehouse p. 201
1975	Puzosia Förster p. 211
1978	Puzosia Cooper p. 73
1979	Puzosia Wright p. 308
1982	Puzosia Renz p. 34
1984	Puzosia Wright and Kennedy p. 54
1985	Puzosia Zaborski p. 17
1993	Puzosia Matsumoto and Skwarko p. 415
1994	Puzosia Kennedy p. 219

Year	Name and Author
1996	Puzosia Kennedy et al. p. 312
2000	Puzosia Arkadiev et al. p. 106
2002	Puzosia Sepkoski, Jr.
2004	Puzosia Kennedy and Jolkicev p. 372
2007	Puzosia Kennedy and Latil p. 460
2008	Puzosia Kennedy et al. p. 37
2016	Puzosia Sharifi et al. p. 595
2018	Puzosia El Qot p. 153
2018	Puzosia Kennedy and Morris p. 88
2018	Puzosia Robert et al. p. 5
2019	Puzosia Gautam et al. p. 18

References

Sepkoski, Jr. J. J. (2002) A compendium of fossil marine animal genera, Bulletins of American Paleontology 363, 1-560

Whitehouse F. W. (1926) The Cretaceous Ammonoidea of Eastern Australia, Memoirs of the Queensland Museum 8 3, 195-242

Whitehouse F. W. (1928) Additions to the Cretaceous ammonite fauna of Eastern Australia, Memoirs of the Queensland Museum 9 2, 200-206

Förster R. (1975) Die geologische Entwicklung von Süd-Mozambique seit der Unterkreide und die Ammoniten-Fauna von Unterkreide und Cenoman, Geologisches Jahrbuch, Reihe B 12, 3-324

Cooper M. R. (1978) Uppermost Cenomanian-basal Turonian ammonites from Salinas, Angola, Annals of the South African Museum 75 5, 1-152

Wright C. W. (1979) The ammonites of the English Chalk Rock (Upper Turonian), Bulletin of the British Museum of Natural History (Geology) 31, 281-332

Renz O. (1982) , The Cretaceous ammonites of Venezuela, 1-132

Wright C. W., Kennedy W. J. (1984) The Ammonoidea of the Lower Chalk, Monograph of the Palaeontographical Society, 1-126

Zaborski P. M. P. (1985) Upper Cretaceous ammonites from the Calabar region, south-east Nigeria, Bull. Br. Mus. nat. Hist. (Geol.) 39 1, 1-72

Matsumoto T., Skwarko S. K. (1993) Cretaceous ammonites from south-central Papua New Guinea, AGSO Journal of Australia Geology & Geophysics 14, 411-433

Kennedy W. J. (1994) Cenomanian ammonites from Cassis, Bouches-du-Rhone, France, Palaeopelagos Special Publication 1, 209-254

Kennedy W. J., et al (1996) Cenomanian ammonites from Pech de Foix (Ariege, France), Géobios 29 3, 307-318

Arkadiev V. V., Atabekian A. A., et al (2000) Stratigraphy and ammonites of Cretaceous deposits of south-west Crimea, Palaeontographica Abteilung A 255, 85-128

Kennedy W. J., Jolkicev N. (2004) Middle Cenomanian ammonites from the type section of the Sanandinovo Formation of northern Bulgaria, Acta Geologica Polonica 54, 369-380

Kennedy W. J., Latil J. L. (2007) The Upper Albian ammonite succession in the Montlaux section, Hautes-Alpes, France, Acta Geologica Polonica 57 4, 453-478

Kennedy W. J., Jagt J. W. M., et al (2008) The late Late Albian (Mortoniceras fallax Zone) cephalopod fauna from the Bracquegnies formation at Strépy-Thieu (Hainaut, southern Belgium), Geologica Belgica 11, 35-69

Sharifi J., Raisossadat S. N., et al (2016) Albian and Cenomanian ammonites of the eastern margin of the Lut block (East Iran), Carnets de Géologie 16, 591-613

El Qot G. M. (2018) Aptian-early Cenomanian ammonites from north Sinai, Egypt: systematic paleontology and biostratigraphy, Cretaceous Research 85, 142-171

Kennedy W. J., Morris N. J. (2018) An early Cenomanian ammonite fauna from near Lindi, Tanzania, Cretaceous Research 87, 84-101

Robert E., Samaniego-Pesqueira A., et al (2018) Aptian and Albian (Early Cretaceous) ammonites from Lampazos and the Bisbee groups (Sonora State, northwest Mexico), Cretaceous Research 86, 1-23

Gautam J. P., Pandey B., et al (2019) Late Albian ammonites from the Cauvery Basin, south India, Cretaceous Research 102, 12-29

GBIF/Paleo Database - via The Interim Register of Marine and Nonmarine Genera

Nomenclator Zoologicus. A list of the names of genera and subgenera in zoology from the tenth edition of Linnaeus, 1758 to the end of 2004. Digitised by uBio from vols. 1-9 of Neave (ed.), 1939-1996 plus supplementary digital-only volume. http://ubio.org/NomenclatorZoologicus (as at 2006). - via The Interim Register of Marine and Nonmarine Genera

Sepkoski, J. J., Jr. (2002). A compendium of fossil marine animal genera. Bulletins of American Paleontology. 363, 1-560. - via The Interim Register of Marine and Nonmarine Genera

Explic. Carte France, 4 Atl., fasc. 1, pl. & explan. pl - via The Interim Register of Marine and Nonmarine Genera

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