Biology:Parkinsonia (ammonite)

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Short description: Genus of molluscs (fossil)

Parkinsonia
Temporal range: Bajocian–Bathonian[1]
Parkinsonia parkinsoni NHM.jpg
Fossil of Parkinsonia parkinsoni from Great Britain, on display at the Natural History Museum, London
Scientific classification e
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Cephalopoda
Subclass: Ammonoidea
Order: Ammonitida
Family: Parkinsoniidae
Subfamily: Parkinsoniinae
Genus: Parkinsonia
Bayle, 1878

Parkinsonia is a genus of ammonites belonging to the family Parkinsoniidae.[2]

These fast-moving nektonic carnivores lived from the Bajocian age to the Bathonian age of the Middle Jurassic.[1]

Description

Parkinsonia species have a compressed spiral shell with strong ribbing.[3]

Distribution

Fossils of species within this genus have been found in the Jurassic of France, Germany, Iran, Russia, United Kingdom, and United States.[2]

References

Wikidata ☰ Q18386747 entry