Biology:Dufrenoyia

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Short description: Genus of molluscs (fossil)

Dufrenoyia
Temporal range: Cretaceous, 125.45–112.6 Ma
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Parahoplitidae - Dufrenoyia dufrenoyi.jpg
Dufrenoyia dufrenoyi from France
Scientific classification e
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Cephalopoda
Subclass: Ammonoidea
Order: Ammonitida
Suborder: Ancyloceratina
Family: Parahoplitidae
Subfamily: Deshayesitinae
Genus: Dufrenoyia
Kilian and Reboul, 1915

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

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  • 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, Colombia and Venezuela.[1]

References

Wikidata ☰ Q12256408 entry