Flickia

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Flickia
Temporal range: Albian
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Flickia

Pervenquiere, 1907
Type species
Flickia simplex
Other species
  • Flickia costellata
  • Flickia quadrata

Flickia is an ammonite genus from the Upper Albian stage of the Early Cretaceous.

Description

Flickia is a very small ammonite. Its shell varied in shape from subevolute to subinvolute. It was narrow, smooth, and had a rounded venter. Despite belonging to the most advanced order of ammonites, its suture was more similar to that of Goniatites and other primitive ammonites.

References

  • Murray, John W. Atlas of Invertebrate Macrofossils. New York: Wiley, 1985. Print. ISBN 0470200847
  • Flickia at Fossilworks