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Fournierella (cephalopod)

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Fournierella
Temporal range: Santonian
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Cephalopoda
Subclass: Ammonoidea
Order: Ammonitida
Family: Muniericeratidae
Genus: Fournierella
Collignon, 1966

Fournierella is a member of the Muniericeratidae, a family of Upper Cretaceous ammonites characterized by moderately evolute shells with strong sinuous ribs that have tubercles on the shoulders and umbilical edge, and a more or less fastigate cross section (venter sloping on either side like a gable roof), included in the Desmocerataceae. It may be a subgenus of Pseudoschloenbachia.

References

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  • Arkell, et al., 1957., Mesozoic Ammonoidea, Treatise on Invertebrate Paleontology Part L, Ammonoiea. Geological Society of America and University of Kansas Press.
  • Sepkoski's list of cephalopod genera. [1]