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Pictonia
Temporal range: Jurassic (Kimmeridgian), 152.1–157.3 Ma
Fossil shell of Pictonia baylei, on display at Natural History Museum, London
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Pictonia

Bayle 1878

Pictonia is an extinct ammonoid cephalopod genus belonging to the family Aulacostephanidae. These fast-moving nektonic carnivores lived during the Jurassic period, Kimmeridgian age (from 152.1 to 157.3 mya).[1][2]

Species

Species within this genus include:[1]

  • Pictonia baylei[3]
  • Pictonia densicostata
  • Pictonia gracilis
  • Pictonia seminudata

Distribution

Fossils of species within this genus have been found in the Jurassic sediments of Germany, Russia and United Kingdom.

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