Hamulina
| Hamulina Temporal range: Cretaceous (Barremian), 145.5–99.7 Ma | |
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| Hamulina astieri from southern Alps, on display at Galerie de paléontologie et d'anatomie comparée, Paris | |
| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Mollusca |
| Class: | Cephalopoda |
| Subclass: | Ammonoidea |
| Order: | Ammonitida |
| Family: | Hamulinidae |
| Genus: | Hamulina d'Orbigny 1850 |
Hamulina is an extinct ammonoid cephalopod genus belonging to the family Hamulinidae. These cephalopod were fast-moving nektonic carnivores. They lived during the Cretaceous period, Barremiarrean age. Type species is Hamulina astieriana.
Distribution
Fossils of these cephalopods have been found in rocks of Cretaceous of Colombia, Hungary, Italy, Mexico, Spain, Trinidad and Tobago.
References
- Arkell et al., Mesozoic Ammonoidea (L215); Treatise on Invertebrate Paleontology Part L Ammonoidea. Geological Soc. of America and Univ Kansas Press
- The Paleobiology Database Hamulina
- Sepkoski, Jack Online Genus Database – Cephalopodes
- Enciclopaedia of Life
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