| Pictonia Temporal range: Jurassic (Kimmeridgian), 152.1–157.3 Ma PreꞒ Ꞓ O S D C P T J K Pg N ↓ | |
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| Fossil shell of Pictonia baylei, on display at Natural History Museum, London | |
Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| 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).
Species
Species within this genus include:
- Pictonia baylei
- 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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