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Genus of molluscs (fossil)

Guhsania
Temporal range: Bajocian PreꞒ O S D C P T J K Pg N
Scientific classification Edit this classification
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), from about 171.5 to 173.5 Ma.

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.

References

  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. Retrieved 2017-10-18.
  2. "Paleobiology Database - Guhsania". Retrieved 2017-10-19.
  3. Treatise on Invertebrate Paleontology, Part L, 1957. p.L270
Taxon identifiers
Guhsania


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