Tissotia

Tissotia
Temporal range: Cretaceous
Fossil of Tissotia species from Peru
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Cephalopoda
Subclass: Ammonoidea
Order: Ammonitida
Family: Tissotiidae
Genus: Tissotia
Douvillé 1890

Tissotia is a genus of ammonites belonging to the family Tissotiidae.[1][2]

These fast-moving nektonic carnivores lived in the Cretaceous period (89.3 to 84.9 Ma).[3] Shells of Tissotia species can reach a diameter of 20 centimetres (7.9 in).

Species

Species within the genus Tissotia include:[3]

Distribution

Fossils of species within this genus have been found in the Cretaceous sediments of Brazil, Cameroon, Egypt, France, Nigeria, Peru and Spain.[3]

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