Sonneratia (ammonite)
Appearance
Sonneratia (ammonite) Temporal range: Cretaceous, [1]
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Fossil of Sonneratia dutempleana from France, on display at Galerie de paléontologie et d'anatomie comparée in Paris | |
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Genus: | Sonneratia Bayle 1878
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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
- 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
- ^ a b c The Paleobiology Database
- ^ Sepkoski, Jack Sepkoski's Online Genus Database – Cephalopoda