Guhsania Temporal range: Middle Jurassic |
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Scientific classification | |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Mollusca |
Class: | Cephalopoda |
Subclass: | Ammonoidea |
Order: | Ammonitida |
Family: | Sonniniidae |
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 hildoceratacean superfamily. The shell (conch): essentially involute and ribbed throughout, umbilical edge sharp, outer whorl oxyconic.