Biology:Hedenstroemiidae

Short description: Extinct family of molluscs

Hedenstroemiidae Temporal range: Triassic (Olenekian), 252.3–242.0 Ma PreЄ Є O S D C P T J K Pg N
Fossil shell of Hedenstroemia tscherskii from Madagascar, on display at Galerie de paléontologie et d'anatomie comparée in Paris
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Mollusca
Class:	Cephalopoda
Subclass:	†Ammonoidea
Order:	†Ceratitida
Superfamily:	†Sageceratoidea
Family:	†Hedenstroemiidae Waagen, 1895

Hedenstroemiidae is an extinct family of cephalopods in the ammonoid order Ceratitida. They were nektonic carnivores.

Genera

• Clypites Waagen 1895
• Cordillerites Hyatt and Smith 1905
• Hedenstroemia Waagen 1895
• Mesohedenstroemia Chao 1959
• Parahedenstroemia Spath 1934
• Pseudohedenstroemia
• Pseudosageceras Diener 1895
• Tellerites Mojsisovics 1902

Distribution

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

References

Wikidata ☰ Q16994447 entry