Guhsania
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| Guhsania Temporal range: | |
|---|---|
| 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]