Reineckeia

Reineckeia
Temporal range: Middle Jurassic, 164.7–145.5 Ma [1]
Fossil shell of Reineckeia anceps from Poitou (France), on display at Galerie de paléontologie et d'anatomie comparée in Paris
Scientific classification
Kingdom:
Animalia
Phylum:
Mollusca
Class:
Cephalopoda
Order:
Ammonitida
Family:
Reineckeiidae
Genus:
Reineckeia

Bayle 1818

Reineckeia is an extinct genus of ammonoid cephalopods 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

Shells 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 Calabozo and Los Molles Formations of Argentina, Chile,[citation needed] France, the Berching Formation of Germany, Portugal,[citation needed] Chari Formation of India, Madagascar, Switzerland and United States[citation needed].[4]

References

  1. ^ The Paleobiology Database
  2. ^ Mikko's Phylogeny Archive
  3. ^ Sepkoski, Jack Sepkoski's Online Genus Database – Cephalopoda
  4. ^ Reineckeia at Fossilworks.org