Parapuzosia
Encyclopedia
Parapuzosia is an extinct genus
of Desmoceratid
ammonite
s. The best known species is Parapuzosia seppenradensis
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Genus
In biology, a genus is a low-level taxonomic rank used in the biological classification of living and fossil organisms, which is an example of definition by genus and differentia...
of Desmoceratid
Desmoceratidae
Desmoceratidae is a family belonging to the ammonite subclass. They are an extinct group of ammonoids, shelled cephalopods related to squid, belemnites, octopuses, and cuttlefish, and more distantly to the nautiloids.-References:* accessed on 10/01/07...
ammonite
Ammonite
Ammonite, as a zoological or paleontological term, refers to any member of the Ammonoidea an extinct subclass within the Molluscan class Cephalopoda which are more closely related to living coleoids Ammonite, as a zoological or paleontological term, refers to any member of the Ammonoidea an extinct...
s. The best known species is Parapuzosia seppenradensis
Parapuzosia seppenradensis
Parapuzosia seppenradensis is the largest known species of ammonite. It lived during the Late Cretaceous period. A specimen found in Germany in 1895 measures 1.95 m in diameter, although the living chamber is incomplete. It is estimated that if complete, this specimen would have had a diameter of...
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Species
- Parapuzosia seppenradensis (Landois, 1895)
- Parapuzosia bradyi (Miller & Youngquist, 1946)