Ludwigia (ammonite)

Ludwigia
Temporal range: Aalenian[1]
Fossil specimen of Ludwigia murchisonae from Mid Jurassic - Germany
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Cephalopoda
Subclass: Ammonoidea
Superorder: Neoammonoidea
Order: Ammonitida
Suborder: Ammonitina
Superfamily: Hildocerataceae
Family: Graphoceratidae
Genus: Ludwigia

Ludwigia is an extinct genus of ammonites in the family Graphoceratidae, which lived during the Middle Jurassic. [1]

Species

Ludwigia murchisonae Sowerby, 1825

Distribution

Fossils are found in the Jurassic marine strata of France, Germany, Hungary, Spain and the United Kingdom. [2]

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References

  1. 1 2 Sepkoski, Jack (2002). "Sepkoski's Online Genus Database". Retrieved 2014-05-28.
  2. "Paleobiology Database - Ludwigia". Retrieved 2014-05-28.
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