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Parapuzosia

Parapuzosia seppenradensis was a giant ammonite with a coiled, chambered shell.

Parapuzosia seppenradensis was a giant ammonite with a coiled, chambered shell. The shell is the best-known part of an animal that belonged to the cephalopods.

Parapuzosia at a glance

Diet
Diet uncertain
When it lived
Late Cretaceous
Group
Ammonoidea
Ammonites

Beyond the game

The real Parapuzosia

Parapuzosia seppenradensis was a giant ammonite with a coiled, chambered shell. The shell is the best-known part of an animal that belonged to the cephalopods.

The coiled shell was divided into chambers and formed only part of the living animal. Its arms and other soft tissues are less directly documented than the shell.

Fossil discoveries

France · approximate locationWestfalen, Germany · approximate locationAustria · approximate location
FranceWestfalen, GermanyAustria

Selected fossil records · present-day map

Map references

Paleobiology Database · G. Thomel. 1988. Les ammonites néocrétacées des chaînes subalpines méridionales. Mémoires de la Société Géologique de France (153):1-79 ↗

Paleobiology Database · W. J. Kennedy and U. Kaplan. 1995. Parapuzosia (Parapuzosia) seppenradensis (Landois) und die Ammonitenfauna der Dülmener Schichten, unteres Unter-Campan, Westfalen. Geologie und Paläontologie in Westfalen 33:1-127 ↗

Paleobiology Database · H. Summesberger. 1979. Eine obersantone Ammonitenfauna aus dem Becken von Gosau (Oberösterreich). Annalen des Naturhistorischen Museums in Wien 82:109-176 ↗

Map: Natural Earth, public domain. Fossil records: Paleobiology Database and linked collections and publications.

Sources & text credits

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  1. Ifrim et al. 2021 — Ontogeny, evolution and palaeogeographic distribution of the world’s largest ammonite Parapuzosia seppenradensis

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