Sonneratia (ammonite)
Sonneratia (ammonite) Temporal range: Cretaceous, 125.45–109.0 Ma | |
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Fossil of Sonneratia dutempleana from France, on display at Galerie de paléontologie et d'anatomie comparée in Paris | |
Scientific classification | |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Mollusca |
Class: | Cephalopoda |
Subclass: | Ammonoidea |
Order: | Ammonitida |
Superfamily: | Hoplitaceae |
Family: | Hoplitidae |
Genus: | Sonneratia Bayle 1878 |
Sonneratia is an extinct genus of Cretaceous ammonites included in the family Hoplitidae. These fast-moving nektonic carnivores lived in the Cretaceous period, Albian age. [2]
Species
- Sonneratia dutempleana (Orbigny 1850)
- Sonneratia kitchini Spath 1925
- Sonneratia rotator Casey 1965
Distribution
Fossils of species within this genus have been found in the Cretaceous sediments of Canada, Denmark, France, Madagascar, United Kingdom and United States. [1]
References
- 1 2 3 The Paleobiology Database
- ↑ Sepkoski, Jack Sepkoski's Online Genus Database – Cephalopoda
External links
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