Dufrenoyia

Dufrenoyia
Temporal range: Cretaceous, 125.45–112.6 Ma

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Fossil shell of Dufrenoyia dufrenoyi 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
Suborder: Ancyloceratina
Superfamily: Deshayesitaceae
Family: Parahoplitidae
Genus: Dufrenoyia
Kilian and Reboul 1915

Dufrenoyia is an extinct genus of Cretaceous ammonites included in the family Parahoplitidae. These fast-moving nektonic carnivores lived in the Cretaceous period (Aptian age). [2] The type species of the genus is Ammonites dufrenoyi. [1]

Species

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Distribution

Fossils of species within this genus have been found in the Cretaceous sediments of Germany, Mexico, Morocco, Spain, the United Kingdom, United States and Venezuela. [1]

References

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