Sonneratia (ammonite)

Sonneratia is an extinct genus of Cretaceous ammonites included in the family Hoplitidae. These fast-moving nektonic carnivores lived in the Cretaceous period, Aptian - Albian age.[2]

Sonneratia
Temporal range: Cretaceous, 125.45–109.0 Ma [1]
Fossil of Sonneratia dutempleana from France, on display at Galerie de paléontologie et d'anatomie comparée in Paris
Scientific classification
Kingdom:
Animalia
Phylum:
Mollusca
Class:
Cephalopoda
Subclass:
Ammonoidea
Order:
Ammonitida
Superfamily:
Hoplitoidea
Family:
Hoplitidae
Genus:
Sonneratia

Bayle, 1878

Species

[1]

  • Sonneratia dutempleana (Orbigny, 1850)
  • Sonneratia kitchini Spath, 1925
  • Sonneratia rotator Casey, 1965

Distribution

Fossils of species within this genus have been found in the Cretaceous sediments of Canada, Denmark, France, Madagascar, United Kingdom and United States.[1]

References
  1. The Paleobiology Database
  2. Sepkoski, Jack Sepkoski's Online Genus Database – Cephalopoda


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