Pulchelliidae

Pulchelliidae
Temporal range: Cretaceous (Barremian age), 136.4–125.45 Ma

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Fossil shell of Heinzia colleti from Colombia, 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: Ammonitina
Superfamily: Endemocerataceae
Family: Pulchelliidae
Hyatt 1903

Pulchelliidae is an extinct ammonoid cephalopod genus belonging to the superfamily Endemocerataceae. They lived during the Cretaceous, in the Barremian age. [1]

Subfamilies and genera

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Distribution

Fossils of species within this genus have been found in the Cretaceous sediments of Colombia, France, Mexico, Morocco, Spain, Trinidad and Tobago. [1]

References


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