Reineckeia

Reineckeia
Temporal range: Middle Jurassic, 164.7–145.5 Ma

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Fossil shell of Reineckeia anceps from Poitou (France), on display at Galerie de paléontologie et d'anatomie comparée in Paris
Scientific classification
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Cephalopoda
Subclass: Ammonoidea
Order: Ammonitida
Superfamily: Perisphinctoidea
Family: Reineckeiidae
Genus: Reineckeia
Bayle 1818

Reineckeia is an extinct ammonoid cephalopod genus belonging to the family Reineckeiidae. [2]

These fast-moving nektonic carnivores lived during the Middle Jurassic period, from the Bathonian age to the Callovian age. [3]

Description

Shell of Reineckeia species can reach a diameter of about 38 centimetres (15 in).

Distribution

Fossils of species within this genus have been found in the Middle Jurassic of Argentina, Chile, France, Germany, India, Madagascar and United States.

References

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