Hedenstroemiidae
Hedenstroemiidae | |
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Fossil shell of Hedenstroemia tscherskii from Madagascar, on display at Galerie de paléontologie et d'anatomie comparée in Paris | |
Scientific 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.[1]
Genera
[edit]- Clypites Waagen 1895
- Cordillerites Hyatt and Smith 1905
- Hedenstroemia Waagen 1895
- Mesohedenstroemia Chao 1959
- Parahedenstroemia Spath 1934
- Pseudohedenstroemia
- Pseudosageceras Diener 1895
- Tellerites Mojsisovics 1902 [1]
Distribution
[edit]Fossils of species within this family have been found in the Triassic of Afghanistan, Canada, Oman, Pakistan, Russia and United States.[1]
References
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