Benueites
| Benueites Temporal range: Turonian ~94.3–89.3 Ma | |
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| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Mollusca |
| Class: | Cephalopods |
| Subclass: | Ammonoidea |
| Family: | Collignoniceratidae |
| Genus: | Benueites Reyment 1954 |
| Species [1] | |
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Benueites is an extinct ammonoid cephalopod genus from the Late Cretaceous (Turonian),[2] named by Revment, 1954, included in the family Collignoniceratidae, superfamily Acanthocerataceae.
Distribution
Cretaceous of Brazil, Cameroon, Colombia (Loma Gorda Formation, Aipe, Huila),[3] Trinidad and Tobago, Venezuela [1]
References
- 1 2 "Paleobiology Database - Benueites". Retrieved 2014-05-28.
- ↑ Sepkoski, Jack (2002). "Sepkoski's Online Genus Database". Retrieved 2014-05-28.
- ↑ Patarroyo, 2011, p.69
Bibliography
- Patarroyo, Pedro. 2011. Sucesión de Amonitas del Cretácico Superior (Cenomaniano-Coniaciano) de la parte más alta de la Formación Hondita y de la Formación Loma Gorda en la Quebrada Bambucá, Aipe - Huila (Colombia). Boletín de Geología, Universidad Nacional de Colombia 33. 69-92. Accessed 2017-03-30.
Further reading
- W.J Arkell, et al, Treatise on Invertebrate Paleontology Part L (Ammonoidea)
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