Biology:Guhsania

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Short description: Genus of molluscs (fossil)

Guhsania
Temporal range: Bajocian[1]
Scientific classification e
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Cephalopoda
Subclass: Ammonoidea
Order: Ammonitida
Family: Sonniniidae
Subfamily: Witchelliinae
Genus: Guhsania
McLearn, 1926

Guhsania is an extinct ammonoid cephalopod genus that lived during the early Middle Jurassic (early Bajocian),[1] from about 171.5 to 173.5 Ma.[2]

Guhsania belongs to the Sonniniidae, a member of the Hildoceratoidea superfamily. The shell (conch): essentially involute and ribbed throughout, umbilical edge sharp, outer whorl oxyconic.[3]

References

  1. 1.0 1.1 Sepkoski, Jack (2002). "A compendium of fossil marine animal genera (Cephalopoda entry)". Bulletins of American Paleontology 363: 1–560. Archived from the original on 2016-02-25. https://web.archive.org/web/20160225225905/http://strata.geology.wisc.edu/jack/showgenera.php?taxon=231&rank=class. Retrieved 2017-10-18. 
  2. "Paleobiology Database - Guhsania". http://paleodb.org/cgi-bin/bridge.pl?action=checkTaxonInfo&taxon_no=14949&is_real_user=1. Retrieved 2017-10-19. 
  3. Treatise on Invertebrate Paleontology, Part L, 1957. p.L270

Wikidata ☰ Q5615316 entry