Tissotia
| Tissotia Temporal range: Cretaceous | |
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| 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]
- Tissotia fourneli Bayle 1849
- Tissotia halli Knechtel 1947
- Tissotia hedbergi Benavides-Caceres 1956
- Tissotia steinmanni Lissón 1908
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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