Bredyia
| Bredyia Temporal range: Middle Jurassic | |
|---|---|
| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Mollusca |
| Class: | Cephalopoda |
| Subclass: | Ammonoidea |
| Order: | Ammonitida |
| Superfamily: | Hildoceratoidea |
| Family: | Hammatoceratidae |
| Genus: | Bredyia (Buckman, 1910) |
Bredyia is an ammonite genus from the lower part of the Middle Jurassic, found in Europe and North America.
Bredyia is a member of the Hammatoceratidae, a family which comprises part of the Hildoceratoidea. Its shell is involute, strongly ribbed, with a small umbilicus. Whorls are strongly embracing; ribs thick, radially straight on the sides, curves forward on the venter but do not meet. The sides or flanks are outwardly bowed. The venter has a narrow keel and may be fastigate, like a gable roof.
References
- W.J. Arkell, et al., 1957. Mesozoic Ammonoidea, Treatise on Invertebrate Paleontology, Part L, Ammonoidea. Geological Society of America.
- Bredyia in Fossilworks Gateway
- Hammatoceratidae in Ammonites et Autres Spirales (Fr).
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