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Quick facts for kids Parapuzosia Temporal range: Cenomanian–Campanian PreЄ Є O S D C P T J K Pg N

Parapuzosia seppenradensis with a diameter of 1.8 m (5.9 ft)
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Mollusca
Class:	Cephalopoda
Subclass:	†Ammonoidea
Order:	†Ammonitida
Family:	†Desmoceratidae
Genus:	†*Parapuzosia* Nowak, 1913
Type species
Sonneratia daubreei Grossouvre, 1894
Species
P. americana (Scott & Moore, 1928) P. boesei (Scott & Moore, 1928) P. bradyi (Miller & Youngquist, 1946) P. corbarica (Grossouvre, 1894) P. daubreei (Grossouvre, 1894) (type species) P. seppenradensis (Landois, 1895)

Parapuzosia seppenradensis is the largest known species of ammonite. It lived during the Lower Cretaceous, in marine environments in what is now Germany.

A specimen found in Germany in 1895 measures 1.8 m (5.9 ft) in diameter. The front chamber where the animal lived is damaged. Presumably, a large predator bit the end off and the living ammonite taken with it. Almost all ammonite fossils have this damage to the 'living chamber'.

If complete, this specimen would have had a diameter of about 2.55 m (8.4 ft) or even 3.5 m (11 ft). The total live mass has been estimated at 1,455 kg (3,208 lb), of which the shell would be about 705 kg (1,554 lb).

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