Holcodiscus

Holcodiscus
Temporal range: Cretaceous,[1] 130.0–84.9 Ma

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Fossil shell of Holcodiscus fallax from Alpes-de-Haute-Provence, on display at Galerie de paléontologie et d'anatomie comparée in Paris
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Cephalopoda
Order: Ammonitida
Family: Holcodiscidae
Genus: Holcodiscus
Uhlig 1882

Holcodiscus is an ammonite genus placed in the family Holcodiscidae. Species in this genus were fast-moving nektonic carnivores.[2] The type species of the genus is Ammonites caillaudianus.[2]

Species

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Distribution

Fossils of species within this genus have been found in the Cretaceous sediments of Austria, Chile, Colombia, Czech Republic, Czechoslovakia, France, Italy, Morocco, Spain and Russia.[2]

References

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