Pavlovia

Pavlovia
Temporal range: Tithonian–Late Cretaceous[1]
Specimen on display at the National Natural History Museum of China
Scientific classification
Kingdom:
Animalia
Phylum:
Mollusca
Class:
Cephalopoda
Subclass:
Ammonoidea
Order:
Ammonitida
Superfamily:
Perisphinctoidea
Family:
Dorsoplanitidae
Genus:
Pavlovia

Pavlovia is an extinct genus of ammonite[2] of the Late Jurassic to Late Cretaceous (age range: 150.8 to 99.7 Ma).[1]

Species

Description

The shells of these fast-moving nektonic carnivores reach a diameter of about 40 millimetres (1.6 in). They are distinctively-ribbed, with windings that do not overlap largely each other. The suture lines are complicated and securely fastened to the shell wall.

Distribution

Fossils of these ammonites have been found in Tithonian-aged marine strata of Late Jurassic Russia, and in Cretaceous-aged marine-strata of Great Britain.

References

Notes
  1. ^ a b Sepkoski, Jack (2002). "A compendium of fossil marine animal genera (Cephalopoda entry)". Bulletins of American Paleontology. 363: 1–560. Archived from the original on 2016-02-25. Retrieved 2017-10-18.
  2. ^ "Paleobiology Database". Retrieved 2014-05-28.
Bibliography
  • Fossielen: Sesam Natuur Handboeken, (Bosch & Keuning, Baarn). Cyril Walker & David Ward (1993) - ISBN 90-246-4924-2
  • Fossils (Smithsonian Handbooks) by David Ward
  • Cephalopods Present and Past: New Insights and Fresh Perspectives by Neil H. Landman, Richard Arnold Davis, and Royal H. Mapes
  • Ammonoid Paleobiology (Topics in Geobiology) by Neil H. Landman, Kazushige Tanabe, and Richard Arnold Davis
  • Guide to Fossils (Firefly Pocket series) by Firefly Books
  • Cambridge Guide to Minerals Rocks and Fossils by A. C. Bishop


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