Flickia

Flickia is an ammonite genus from the Upper Albian stage of the Early Cretaceous.

Flickia
Temporal range: Albian
Scientific classification
Kingdom:
Animalia
Phylum:
Mollusca
Class:
Cephalopoda
Order:
Ammonitida
Superfamily:
Acanthoceratoidea
Family:
Flickiidae
Subfamily:
Flickiinae
Genus:
Flickia

Pervenquiere, 1907
Type species
Flickia simplex
Other species
  • Flickia costellata
  • Flickia quadrata

Description

Flickia is a very small ammonite. Its shell varied in shape from subevolute to subinvolute. It was narrow, smooth, and had a rounded venter. Despite belonging to the most advanced order of ammonites, its suture was more similar to that of Goniatites and other primitive ammonites.

References
    • Murray, John W. Atlas of Invertebrate Macrofossils. New York: Wiley, 1985. Print. ISBN 0470200847
    • Flickia at Fossilworks


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