Dufrenoyia
| Dufrenoyia Temporal range: Cretaceous, [1]
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| Fossil shell of Dufrenoyia dufrenoyi from France, on display at Galerie de paléontologie et d'anatomie comparée in Paris | |
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| Genus: | Dufrenoyia Kilian and Reboul 1915
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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
- Dufrenoyia codazziana Karsten 1886
- Dufrenoyia dufrenoyi d'Orbigny 1840
- Dufrenoyia furcata Sowerby 1836
- Dufrenoyia justinae Hill 1893
Distribution
Fossils of species within this genus have been found in the Cretaceous sediments of Germany, Mexico, Morocco, Spain, the United Kingdom, United States and Venezuela. [1]
References
- ^ a b c d The Paleobiology Database
- ^ Sepkoski, Jack Sepkoski's Online Genus Database – Cephalopoda
- Arkell, et al 1957. Mesozoic Ammonoidea. Treatise on Invertebrate Paleontology, Part L Ammonoidea. Geological Soc of America and University of Kansas press.
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