''Parapuzosia'' is an

extinct Extinction is the termination of a kind of organism or of a group of kinds (taxon), usually a species. The moment of extinction is generally considered to be the death of the last individual of the species, although the capacity to breed and ...

genus of desmoceratid

ammonite Ammonoids are a group of extinct marine mollusc animals in the subclass Ammonoidea of the class Cephalopoda. These molluscs, commonly referred to as ammonites, are more closely related to living coleoids (i.e., octopuses, squid and cuttlefish) ...

s from the

Cenomanian The Cenomanian is, in the ICS' geological timescale, the oldest or earliest age of the Late Cretaceous Epoch or the lowest stage of the Upper Cretaceous Series. An age is a unit of geochronology; it is a unit of time; the stage is a unit in the s ...

to the Campanian of Africa, Europe, and North America. They are typically very large ammonites, reaching diameters of or more, with the largest species measuring upwards of more than . It possesses a moderately involute shell with flat or slightly rounded sides. Distinct primary and secondary ribbing can be observed in the inner whorls.

Etymology

The origin of the generic name ''Parapuzosia'' ("similar to ''

Puzosia ''Puzosia'' is a genus of desmoceratid ammonites, and the type genus for the Puzosiinae, which lived during the middle part of the Cretaceous, from early Aptian to Maastrichtian (125.5 to 70.6 Ma). The generic name comes from the Serbian words ...

''") comes from the smaller, related desmatoceratid ''

''. "Puzosia" comes from the Serbian words "пужа/Puzo" (Snail) and "Oca/Osia" (Axis), translating to "snail axis".

References

The Biggest Ammonite Found in Bulgaria National Museum of Natural History Sofia

Desmoceratidae Ammonitida genera Cenomanian genus first appearances Coniacian life Santonian life Turonian life Campanian genus extinctions Ammonites of Africa Cretaceous ammonites of Europe Cretaceous ammonites of North America Fossil taxa described in 1894 {{Ammonitina-stub