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Sonneratia (ammonite)

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Sonneratia (ammonite)
Temporal range: Cretaceous, 125.45–109.0 Ma [1]
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

[1]

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