| Reineckeia Temporal range: Middle Jurassic, 164.7–145.5 Ma PreꞒ Ꞓ O S D C P T J K Pg N | |
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| Fossil shell of Reineckeia anceps from Poitou (France), on display at Galerie de paléontologie et d'anatomie comparée in Paris | |
| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Mollusca |
| Class: | Cephalopoda |
| Order: | Ammonitida |
| Family: | Reineckeiidae |
| Genus: | Reineckeia Bayle 1818 |
Reineckeia is an extinct genus of ammonoid cephalopods belonging to the family Reineckeiidae.
These fast-moving nektonic carnivores lived during the Middle Jurassic period, from the Bathonian age to the Callovian age.
Description
Shells of Reineckeia species can reach a diameter of about 38 centimetres (15 in).
Distribution
Fossils of species within this genus have been found in the Middle Jurassic Calabozo and Los Molles Formations of Argentina, Chile, France, the Berching Formation of Germany, Portugal, Chari Formation of India, Madagascar, Switzerland and United States.
References
- The Paleobiology Database
- Mikko's Phylogeny Archive
- Sepkoski, Jack Sepkoski's Online Genus Database – Cephalopoda
- Reineckeia at Fossilworks.org
External links
- Ammonites
Data related to Reineckeia at Wikispecies
| Taxon identifiers | |
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| Reineckeia | |
- Perisphinctoidea
- Ammonitida genera
- Jurassic ammonites of Africa
- Jurassic Madagascar
- Fossils of Madagascar
- Jurassic ammonites of Asia
- Jurassic India
- Fossils of India
- Jurassic ammonites of Europe
- Jurassic France
- Fossils of France
- Jurassic Germany
- Fossils of Germany
- Jurassic Switzerland
- Fossils of Switzerland
- Jurassic ammonites of South America
- Jurassic Argentina
- Fossils of Argentina
- Fossil taxa described in 1818