Biology:Mesohedenstroemia

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Short description: Genus of molluscs (fossil)

Mesohedenstroemia
Temporal range: 252.3–247.2 Ma[1]
Scientific classification e
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Cephalopoda
Subclass: Ammonoidea
Order: Ceratitida
Family: Hedenstroemiidae
Genus: Mesohedenstroemia
Chao, 1959
Species[1]
  • M. kwangsiana Chao, 1959
  • M. inflata Chao, 1959
  • M. planata Chao 1959
  • M. bosphorensis (Zakharov, 1968)
  • M. olgae Zakharov & Abnavi, 2012

Mesohedenstroemia is a genus of ammonites. It was described by Chao in 1959, who described three species; M. kwangsiana (the type species), M. inflata Chao, 1959, and M. planata, from the Triassic of what is now China . A new species, M. olgae, was described from the Olenekian of Russia by Yuri D. Zakharov and Nasrin Mousavi Abnavi in 2012, and was named in honour of Olga P. Smyshyaeva.[2]

Distribution

China and Russia[1]

References

Wikidata ☰ Q6821507 entry