Pictonia
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Pictonia Temporal range: Jurassic (Kimmeridgian),
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Fossil shell of Pictonia baylei, on display at Natural History Museum, London | |
Scientific classification ![]() | |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Mollusca |
Class: | Cephalopoda |
Subclass: | †Ammonoidea |
Order: | †Ammonitida |
Family: | †Aulacostephanidae |
Genus: | †Pictonia Bayle, 1878 |
Pictonia is an extinct ammonoid cephalopod genus belonging to the family Aulacostephanidae. These fast-moving nektonic carnivores lived during the Jurassic period, Kimmeridgian age (from 152.1 to 157.3 mya).[1][2]
Species
Species within this genus include:[1]
- Pictonia baylei[3]
- Pictonia densicostata
- Pictonia gracilis
- Pictonia seminudata
Distribution
Fossils of species within this genus have been found in the Jurassic sediments of Germany, Russia and United Kingdom.
References
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