Guhsania

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Guhsania
Temporal range: Bajocian [1]
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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]

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References

  1. 1 2 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. Retrieved 2017-10-18.CS1 maint: discouraged parameter (link)
  2. "Paleobiology Database - Guhsania" . Retrieved 2017-10-19.CS1 maint: discouraged parameter (link)
  3. Treatise on Invertebrate Paleontology, Part L, 1957. p.L270