Guhsania

Guhsania
Temporal range: Bajocian[1]
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Scientific classification
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 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 2008-05-07. Retrieved 2017-10-18.
  2. ↑ "Paleobiology Database - Guhsania". Retrieved 2017-10-19.
  3. ↑ Treatise on Invertebrate Paleontology, Part L, 1957. p.L270


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