Biology:Hedenstroemia

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Short description: Extinct genus of cephalopods

Hedenstroemia
Temporal range: Early Triassic (Olenekian),[1] 251.3–247.2 Ma
[2]
Hedenstroemiidae - Hedenstroemia tscherskii.JPG
Fossil shell of Hedenstroemia tscherskii from Madagascar, on display at Galerie de paléontologie et d'anatomie comparée in Paris
Scientific classification e
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Cephalopoda
Subclass: Ammonoidea
Order: Ceratitida
Family: Hedenstroemiidae
Genus: Hedenstroemia
Waagen, 1895
Species[2]

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Hedenstroemia is an extinct genus of Early Triassic (Olenekian) cephalopods in the ammonoid order Ceratitida. They were nektonic carnivores.[2]

Species

  • Hedenstroemia mojsisovicsi Hedenstroemia evoluta
  • Spath, 1934 Keyserling, 1845
  • Diener 1897 Hedenstroemia tscherskii
  • Hedenstroemia kossmati Popov 1939
  • Hedenstroemia hedenstroemi Hyatt and Smith 1905
  • Welter 1922 Hedenstroemia waageni

Distribution

Fossils of species within this family have been found in the Early Triassic of Afghanistan, Canada , Oman, Pakistan , Russia and United States .[2]

References

  1. Sepkoski, Jack Sepkoski's Online Genus Database – Cephalopoda
  2. 2.0 2.1 2.2 2.3 Hedenstroemia at fossilworks.org (retrieved 29 June 2022)

Wikidata ☰ Q16982803 entry