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Hedenstroemiidae

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Extinct family of molluscs

Hedenstroemiidae
Temporal range: Triassic (Olenekian), 252.3–242.0 Ma PreꞒ O S D C P T J K Pg N
Fossil shell of Hedenstroemia tscherskii from Madagascar, on display at Galerie de paléontologie et d'anatomie comparée in Paris
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Cephalopoda
Subclass: Ammonoidea
Order: Ceratitida
Superfamily: Sageceratoidea
Family: Hedenstroemiidae
Waagen, 1895

Hedenstroemiidae is an extinct family of cephalopods in the ammonoid order Ceratitida. They were nektonic carnivores.

Genera

Distribution

Fossils of species within this family have been found in the Triassic of Afghanistan, Canada, Oman, Pakistan, Russia and United States.

References

  1. ^ The Paleobiology Database
Taxon identifiers
Hedenstroemiidae


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