Dufrenoyia
Temporal range: Cretaceous, 125.45–112.6 Ma [1]
Dufrenoyia dufrenoyi from France
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Cephalopoda
Subclass: †Ammonoidea
Order: †Ammonitida
Suborder: †Ancyloceratina
Family: †Parahoplitidae
Subfamily: †Deshayesitinae
Genus: †Dufrenoyia
Kilian and Reboul, 1915

Dufrenoyia is an extinct genus of Cretaceous ammonites included in the family Parahoplitidae. These fast-moving nektonic carnivores lived in the Cretaceous period (Aptian age).[2] The type species of the genus is Ammonites dufrenoyi.[1]

Species

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Distribution

Fossils of species within this genus have been found in the Cretaceous sediments of Germany, Mexico, Morocco, Spain, the United Kingdom, United States, Colombia and Venezuela.[1]

References

  1. ^ a b c d The Paleobiology Database
  2. ^ Sepkoski, Jack Sepkoski's Online Genus Database – Cephalopoda


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