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Sonneratia (ammonite)

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Genus of molluscs (fossil)

Sonneratia
Temporal range: Cretaceous, 125.45–109.0 Ma PreꞒ O S D C P T J K Pg N
Fossil of Sonneratia dutempleana from France, 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: Ammonitida
Family: Hoplitidae
Subfamily: Sonneratiinae
Genus: Sonneratia
Bayle, 1878

Sonneratia is an extinct genus of Cretaceous ammonites included in the family Hoplitidae. These fast-moving nektonic carnivores lived in the Cretaceous period, Aptian - Albian age.

Species

  • Sonneratia dutempleana (Orbigny, 1850)
  • Sonneratia kitchini Spath, 1925
  • Sonneratia rotator Casey, 1965

Distribution

Fossils of species within this genus have been found in the Cretaceous sediments of Canada, Denmark, France, Madagascar, United Kingdom and United States.

References

  1. ^ The Paleobiology Database
  2. Sepkoski, Jack Sepkoski's Online Genus Database – Cephalopoda

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Taxon identifiers
Sonneratia


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