Hedenstroemia
Appearance
Hedenstroemia | |
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Fossil shell of Hedenstroemia tscherskii from Madagascar, on display at Galerie de paléontologie et d'anatomie comparée in Paris | |
Scientific classification | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Mollusca |
Class: | Cephalopoda |
Subclass: | †Ammonoidea |
Order: | †Ceratitida |
Family: | †Hedenstroemiidae |
Genus: | †Hedenstroemia Waagen, 1895 |
Species[2] | |
Hedenstroemia is an extinct genus of Early Triassic (Olenekian) cephalopods in the ammonoid order Ceratitida. They were nektonic carnivores.[2]
Species
[edit]- †Hedenstroemia evoluta Spath, 1934
- †Hedenstroemia hedenstroemi Keyserling, 1845
- †Hedenstroemia kossmati Hyatt and Smith 1905
- †Hedenstroemia mojsisovicsi Diener 1897
- †Hedenstroemia tscherskii Popov 1939
- †Hedenstroemia waageni Welter 1922
Distribution
[edit]Fossils of species within this family have been found in the Early Triassic of Afghanistan, Canada, Oman, Pakistan, Russia and United States.[2]
References
[edit]- ^ Sepkoski, Jack Sepkoski's Online Genus Database – Cephalopoda
- ^ a b c d "Hedenstroemia". Paleobiology Database. Retrieved 29 June 2022.
- J. Perrin Smith U.S. Lower Triassic Ammonoid of North America pg. 77 Geological Survey Professional Paper