Fresvillia Temporal range: U Cretaceous |
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Conservation status | |
Fossil
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Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Mollusca |
Class: | Cephalopoda |
Order: | Ancyloceratida |
Family: | Baculitidae |
Genus: | Fresvillia Kennedy, 1986 |
Fresvillia is an extinct molluscan genus belonging to baculitid family of the cephalopod order Ancyloceratida that lived during the Late Cretaceous, found in France. Baculitids are a kind of heteromorph ammonite characterized by a straight adult shaft preceded by a small coiled juvenile portion.