Puzosia

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. 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.

Puzosia

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On record

Recorded, not inferred
Sits inside
PuzosiinaePBDB
Diet
carnivorePBDB, for Ammonoidea
Life habit
nektonicPBDB, for Ammonoidea
Motility
fast-movingPBDB, for Ammonoidea
Vision
well-developedPBDB, for Cephalopoda
Environment
marinePBDB, for Cephalopoda

Time the record covers

At least 35 million years on record.

The record covers at least 121.4 Mya to 85.7 Mya. No occurrence read is dated outside 143.1 Mya to 72.2 Mya.

Late Jurassic — about 0 of 268 occurrencesEarly Cretaceous — about 192 of 268 occurrencesEarly CretaceousLate Cretaceous — about 76 of 268 occurrencesLate Cretaceous145–142 Mya — about 0.0 occurrences142–140 Mya — about 0.0 occurrences140–137 Mya — about 0.0 occurrences137–135 Mya — about 0.0 occurrences135–132 Mya — about 0.1 occurrences132–130 Mya — about 0.2 occurrences130–127 Mya — about 0.2 occurrences127–125 Mya — about 0.6 occurrences125–122 Mya — about 1 occurrence122–120 Mya — about 0.8 occurrences120–117 Mya — about 5 occurrences117–115 Mya — about 6 occurrences115–113 Mya — about 10 occurrences113–110 Mya — about 21 occurrences110–108 Mya — about 23 occurrences108–105 Mya — about 34 occurrences105–103 Mya — about 47 occurrences103–100 Mya — about 46 occurrences100–98 Mya — about 22 occurrences98–95 Mya — about 21 occurrences95–93 Mya — about 15 occurrences93–90 Mya — about 6 occurrences90–88 Mya — about 5 occurrences88–86 Mya — about 4 occurrences86–83 Mya — about 0.2 occurrences83–81 Mya — about 0.2 occurrences81–78 Mya — about 0.2 occurrences78–76 Mya — about 0.2 occurrences76–73 Mya — about 0.2 occurrences73–71 Mya — about 0.1 occurrences121.4 Mya85.7 Mya145 Mya71 Mya

268 occurrences of Puzosia on record, most of them in the Early Cretaceous. Bar height is expected occurrences, not a count: each fossil is spread across the span it is dated to, so a tall narrow bar means tight dating and a low wide one means loose.

When

268 occurrences

These are dates about fossils, not the animal: the record can only begin after it arose and end before it died out, so either end may reach further. Shares are expected occurrences: a fossil dated to a span is counted partly in each period it straddles. More on what this infers.

Found in

51 formations

Budden Canyon — 40.45°N, 122.56°WBudden Canyon — 40.42°N, 122.59°WBudden Canyon — 40.49°N, 122.49°WGrès verts helvétiques — 45.99°N, 6.71°EGrès verts helvétiques — 46.09°N, 6.76°EGrès verts helvétiques — 45.90°N, 6.34°EGrès verts helvétiques — 46.04°N, 6.62°EGrès verts helvétiques — 46.01°N, 6.35°EGrès verts helvétiques — 45.98°N, 6.78°EHaida — 53.25°N, 132.00°WHaida — 53.22°N, 132.05°WHaida — 54.05°N, 133.10°WHaida — 53.05°N, 131.78°WHalal — 30.79°N, 33.48°EHalal — 30.80°N, 33.57°ELa Puya — 9.83°N, 70.05°WLa Puya — 10.24°N, 69.70°WLa Puya — 9.86°N, 69.97°WMzinene — 27.90°S, 32.32°EMzinene — 27.18°S, 32.19°ECotinguiba — 10.76°S, 37.07°WCotinguiba — 10.85°S, 37.17°WPanoche — 37.21°N, 121.22°WPanoche — 36.70°N, 120.84°WPanoche — 36.13°N, 120.54°WCalcaires de Fiz — 45.98°N, 6.79°ECalcaires de Fiz — 46.10°N, 6.78°EOdukpani — 5.20°N, 8.25°EOdukpani — 4.57°N, 6.98°EOdukpani — 5.21°N, 8.22°ERio Mayer — 49.40°S, 71.82°WRio Mayer — 49.38°S, 71.72°WChimana — 10.30°N, 64.73°WClansayes — 27.20°N, 100.55°WClansayes — 24.23°N, 98.12°WMarnes bleues — 44.33°N, 5.17°ECouches du Freu — 46.01°N, 6.35°ECouches du Freu — 46.88°N, 6.26°EConglomérats de Bargy — 45.97°N, 6.44°EConglomérats de Bargy — 45.97°N, 6.32°EMaiolica — 45.75°N, 9.48°EMaringi — 40.95°S, 175.67°EMaringi — 40.88°S, 176.97°ERiacheulo — 10.76°S, 37.08°WKennicott — 61.50°N, 143.17°WKennicott — 61.50°N, 143.25°WKingongo Marls — 10.02°S, 39.65°ECatumbela — 12.93°S, 13.07°ECatumbela — 12.35°S, 13.58°ECuio — 12.92°S, 13.07°EAntelope — 39.31°N, 122.34°WAntelope — 39.37°N, 122.32°W

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The named rock units Puzosia has been recovered from, largest first. Drawn where the rock is now, not where it formed. 27 further formations hold fewer occurrences each and are not listed. 113 occurrences have no formation on record, which is common for older literature.

Puzosia and its relatives

Early Cretaceous

Where Puzosia and its relatives were recorded in the Early Cretaceous.

Found in the same rock

1,250 taxa

The Paleobiology Database records 235 sites for Puzosia, and this reads all of them. The number is how many of those sites it was catalogued from too. The 24 sharing the most are listed.

This is not a list of everything alive at the time. It is only what has come out of the same ground as this animal and been written down.

Entered from

92 references

Each of the 268 occurrences read was entered from one of these publications, ordered by how many each accounts for. This is not a search for papers mentioning the name. 80 further references are not listed. Entries link to doi.org where the Paleobiology Database holds an identifier, and to its own record where it does not. Relayed as the Paleobiology Database holds them, not checked against what they resolve to.

Media and terms

Media content1

Picture of Puzosia

Credit
Hectonichus
Licence
CC BY-SA 3.0
Commercial use
the licence allows it

No 3D scan was found. Smithsonian Open Access, MorphoSource and Sketchfab were all searched.

The description on this site

Licence
CC BY-SA 4.0

This is what the site found, which is not the same as what exists.

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Occurrence data from the Paleobiology Database, CC BY 4.0. (Bayle 1878)