Biology:Pictonia

Short description: Genus of molluscs (fossil)

Pictonia Temporal range: Jurassic (Kimmeridgian), 152.1–157.3 Ma PreЄ Є O S D C P T J K Pg N ↓
Fossil shell of Pictonia baylei, on display at Natural History Museum, London
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Mollusca
Class:	Cephalopoda
Subclass:	†Ammonoidea
Order:	†Ammonitida
Family:	†Aulacostephanidae
Genus:	†Pictonia Bayle, 1878

Pictonia is an extinct ammonoid cephalopod genus belonging to the family Aulacostephanidae. These fast-moving nektonic carnivores lived during the Jurassic period, Kimmeridgian age (from 152.1 to 157.3 mya).

Species

Species within this genus include:

• Pictonia baylei
• Pictonia densicostata
• Pictonia gracilis
• Pictonia seminudata

Distribution

Fossils of species within this genus have been found in the Jurassic sediments of Germany, Russia and United Kingdom.

References

Wikidata ☰ Q23840114 entry