Hamulinidae

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Hamulinidae
Temporal range: Cretaceous, 140.2–99.7 Ma
Hamulinidae - Hamulina astieri.JPG
Hamulina astieri from southern Alps, on display at Galerie de paléontologie et d'anatomie comparée, Paris
Scientific classification e
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Cephalopoda
Subclass: Ammonoidea
Order: Ammonitida
Suborder: Ancyloceratina
Superfamily: Ancyloceratoidea
Family: Hamulinidae
Gill, 1871

Hamulinidae is an extinct ammonoid cephalopod family belonging to the order Ammonitida.[1] These cephalopod were fast-moving nektonic carnivores. They lived during the Lower Cretaceous period (Lower Barremian - Upper Barremian).

Description

The long main shaft is followed by a hook and a shorter, close, parallel or slightly divergent final shaft. The ammonitic suture is with a subtrifid L. The U is usually reduced or indifferentiated in adults.


Genera

Notes

  1. ^ Wright, C. W. with Callomon, J.H. and Howarth, M.K. (1996), Mollusca 4 Revised , Cretaceous Ammonoidea, vol. 4, in Treatise on Invertebrate Paleontology, Part L (Roger L. Kaesler et el. eds.), Boulder, Colorado: The Geological Society of America & Lawrence, Kansas: University of Kansas Press, pp. 230-232.

References

  • "Hamulinidae". The Paleobiology Database. Retrieved 13 June 2022.
  • "Hamulinidae". mindat.org. Retrieved 13 June 2022.Error: "Q16982710" is not a valid Wikidata entity ID.