Sonneratia (ammonite)

Sonneratia Temporal range: Cretaceous, 125.45–109.0 Ma PreЄ Є O S D C P T J K Pg N [1]
Fossil of Sonneratia dutempleana from France, on display at Galerie de paléontologie et d'anatomie comparée in Paris
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Mollusca
Class:	Cephalopoda
Subclass:	Ammonoidea
Order:	Ammonitida
Superfamily:	Hoplitaceae
Family:	Hoplitidae
Genus:	Sonneratia Bayle 1878

Sonneratia is an extinct genus of Cretaceous ammonites included in the family Hoplitidae. These fast-moving nektonic carnivores lived in the Cretaceous period, Albian age. ^[2]

Species

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• Sonneratia dutempleana (Orbigny 1850)
• Sonneratia kitchini Spath 1925
• Sonneratia rotator Casey 1965

Distribution

Fossils of species within this genus have been found in the Cretaceous sediments of Canada, Denmark, France, Madagascar, United Kingdom and United States. ^[1]

References

• Gayle Scott – Ammonites of the Genera Sonneratia and Douvilleiceras from the Cretaceous of Colombia

External links

• Ammonites