Heinzia

Heinzia
Temporal range: Cretaceous (Barremian age), 130.0–125.45 Ma

[1] [2]

Fossil shell of Heinzia colleti from Colombia, on display at Galerie de paléontologie et d'anatomie comparée in Paris
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Cephalopoda
Subclass: Ammonoidea
Order: Ammonitida
Suborder: Ammonitina
Superfamily: Endemocerataceae
Family: Pulchelliidae
Subfamily: Pulchelliinae
Genus: Heinzia
Sayn, 1890

Heinzia is an extinct ammonoid cephalopod genus belonging to the family Pulchelliidae.[3] They lived during the Cretaceous, in the Barremian age. [1][2]

Distribution

Fossils of species within this genus have been found in the Cretaceous sediments of Colombia, France, Italy, Morocco and Spain. [1]

References

  1. 1 2 3 The Paleobiology Database
  2. 1 2 Sepkoski, Jack Sepkoski's Online Genus Database – Cephalopoda
  3. "Heinzia caicedi". Ammonites et autres spirales (in French). Retrieved 2016-12-08.
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