| Hedenstroemia | |
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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
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Mollusca |
| Class: | Cephalopoda |
| Subclass: | † Ammonoidea |
| Order: | † Ceratitida |
| Family: | † Hedenstroemiidae |
| Genus: | †
Hedenstroemia Waagen, 1895 |
| Species [2] | |
Hedenstroemia is an extinct genus of Early Triassic ( Olenekian) cephalopods in the ammonoid order Ceratitida. They were nektonic carnivores. [2]
Species
- †Hedenstroemia evoluta Spath, 1934
- †Hedenstroemia hedenstroemi Keyserling, 1845
- †Hedenstroemia kossmati Hyatt and Smith 1905
- †Hedenstroemia mojsisovicsi Diener 1897
- †Hedenstroemia tscherskii Popov 1939
- †Hedenstroemia waageni Welter 1922
Distribution
Fossils of species within this family have been found in the Early Triassic of Afghanistan, Canada, Oman, Pakistan, Russia and United States. [2]
References
- ^ Sepkoski, Jack Sepkoski's Online Genus Database – Cephalopoda
- ^ a b c d "Hedenstroemia". Fossilworks. Gateway to the Paleobiology Database. Retrieved 29 June 2022.
- J. Perrin Smith U.S. Lower Triassic Ammonoid of North America pg. 77 Geological Survey Professional Paper
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