Hamulina
Hamulina is an extinct ammonoid cephalopod genus belonging to the family Hamulinidae. These cephalopod were fast-moving nektonic carnivores. They lived during the Cretaceous period, Barremiarrean age. The type species is Hamulina astieriana.
Hamulina astieri from southern Alps, on display at Galerie de paléontologie et d'anatomie comparée, Paris
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| Genus: | Hamulina d'Orbigny, 1850 |
Distribution
Fossils of these cephalopods have been found in rocks of Cretaceous of Colombia (Santa Rosa de Viterbo, Boyacá), Hungary, Italy, Mexico, Spain, Trinidad and Tobago.[1]
References
- Hamulina at Fossilworks.org
Further reading
- Arkell et al., 1957. Mesozoic Ammonoidea (L215); Treatise on Invertebrate Paleontology Part L Ammonoidea. Geological Soc. of America and Univ Kansas Press
- Sepkoski, Jack Online Genus Database – Cephalopodes
- Enciclopaedia of Life
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