Reineckeia
| Reineckeia Temporal range: Middle Jurassic, 164.7–145.5 Ma | |
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| Fossil shell of Reineckeia anceps from Poitou (France), on display at Galerie de paléontologie et d'anatomie comparée in Paris | |
| Scientific classification | |
| Phylum: | Mollusca |
| Class: | Cephalopoda |
| Subclass: | Ammonoidea |
| Order: | Ammonitida |
| Superfamily: | Perisphinctoidea |
| Family: | Reineckeiidae |
| Genus: | Reineckeia Bayle 1818 |
Reineckeia is an extinct ammonoid cephalopod genus belonging to the family Reineckeiidae. [2]
These fast-moving nektonic carnivores lived during the Middle Jurassic period, from the Bathonian age to the Callovian age. [3]
Description
Shell of Reineckeia species can reach a diameter of about 38 centimetres (15 in).
Distribution
Fossils of species within this genus have been found in the Middle Jurassic of Argentina, Chile, France, Germany, India, Madagascar and United States.
References
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